Kiwanis Club Foundation of Menlo Park

Analysis

Kiwanis Club Foundation of Menlo Park is a registered charity in United States, based in Menlo Park, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Kiwanis Club Foundation of Menlo Park reported income of $55k and spending of $65k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $73k to $55k (-24%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 726%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Kiwanis Club Foundation of Menlo Park sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers ($55k), Butterflies From Jodie ($55k) and Kansas Lions Foundation ($55k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.