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Mightycause Charitable Foundation
Mightycause Charitable Foundation reported $105.9 million in revenue and $103.8 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $99.95 went to program services, $0.05 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 100.0% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $28,129 (TREASURER). Revenue rose 160% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $104MFor context, the median across 1,001 covered philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking charities: $91.65 programs, $6.50 management, $1.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $106MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 99.9% | 90.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 6.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 1.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.00 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 100.0% | 79.9% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $28,129 | $325,675 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.03% | 1.56% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | Not reported | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 0.7 | 56.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 2 of 3 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseMightycause Charitable Foundation operated a donor advised fund to facilitate charitable grantmaking to organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. The foundation accepted charitable contributions from donors, received donor recommendations, maintained contributions in separately identified funds, and made distributions to qualifying charitable organizations through modern, secure donation processing platforms. In 2024, the foundation accomplished the following milestones: engaged and empowered nearly 50,000 individual volunteers to serve as peer-to-peer…
Mightycause Charitable Foundation partnered with over 80 community foundations and charitable organizations, including givemn, the miami foundation, park city community foundation, and the georgia center for nonprofits, to organize and facilitate community giving events. These events assisted with high-volume fundraising by providing cost-efficient digital platforms to participating nonprofits. During these events, donors made advised contributions to the foundation's donor advised fund in support of qualified nonprofit organizations highlighted by the respective community foundations. The…
Highest reported compensation
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b3 · 2 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 50
- Volunteers Part I, line 650,000
Largest outside contractors
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only| MIGHTYCAUSE CORPORATION Website/support | $2,310,984 |
Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 1 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.
Private foundation grants it received
16 private foundations reported grants to Mightycause Charitable Foundation totaling $44,776 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from Mightycause Charitable Foundation's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Mightycause Charitable Foundation, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 Mightycause Charitable Foundation spent in 2024, $99.95 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Mightycause Charitable Foundation's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Mightycause Charitable Foundation reported that 99.9% of its $103.8 million in expenses went to program services, 0.0% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Mightycause Charitable Foundation pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Mightycause Charitable Foundation reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $28,129, for the role of TREASURER (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Mightycause Charitable Foundation get its money?
Of $105.9 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 100.0% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Mightycause Charitable Foundation a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 27-2499903 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202513159349302051 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202443169349300034 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202303109349301135 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202223139349305027 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202113069349301716 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202002849349300500 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 27-2499903: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.