Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

Analysis

Rancho Santa Fe Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Rcho Santa Fe, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1982, 44 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 December 2023, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation reported income of $15.0m and spending of $12.9m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $12.3m to $15.0m (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Houston Community Foundation ($15.0m), Montana Community Foundation Inc ($15.0m) and In Touch Foundation Inc ($15.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $651k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $300k. At year end it held assets of $160.8m against liabilities of $46.0m, net assets of $114.8m. It reported 14 employees.