Feathered Pipe Foundation Inc

Analysis

Feathered Pipe Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Helena, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1976, 50 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Feathered Pipe Foundation Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $954k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $695k to $1.1m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 192%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Feathered Pipe Foundation Inc sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coulee Childrens Center Inc ($1.1m), West Village Nursery School ($1.1m) and G I S Housing Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 88% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $59k (6.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $202k. At year end it held assets of $606k against liabilities of $118k, net assets of $488k. It reported 22 employees.