Great Western Brotherhood

Analysis

Great Western Brotherhood is a registered charity in United States, based in Vancouver, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Great Western Brotherhood reported income of $167k and spending of $8,205, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $110k to $167k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 421%. Over the whole period it spent 19% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Great Western Brotherhood sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Esthers Hope for Children ($167k), New Bremen Athletic Boosters Inc ($167k) and Wichita High School East Endowment Fund ($167k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.