Indian Paintbrush Foundation: $12.5M Revenue, $84.9M Expenses

Indian Paintbrush Foundation pulls a D on the efficiency rubric. The composite of 42/100 reflects below-median performance on the bundle of factors — typically driven by thin operating reserves, volatile revenue, or outsized officer compensation relative to organizational size.

Indian Paintbrush Foundation reported $12.5M in 2022 revenue — a mid-sized nonprofit by U.S. standards. Organizations in this bracket typically operate with a small permanent staff, project-based program structures, and modest reserves. Reserves are the limiting factor: Indian Paintbrush Foundation carries relatively few months of operating expenses on its balance sheet, which can leave an organization exposed if a major funding source pauses.

Five-year revenue trajectory is strongly positive: Indian Paintbrush Foundation has grown materially in real terms, which usually signals successful fundraising and program expansion. Current-officer compensation is not separately reported in the filing — typical for nonprofits where leadership is paid through a related entity (parent system, university, or foundation) rather than the filing organization itself, or for small organizations whose chief is a volunteer or board member. In the Education category, Indian Paintbrush Foundation sits alongside universities, K-12 systems, scholarship funds, and education-research organizations. Education-sector nonprofits often hold large endowments, which affects how the reserves-and-revenue figures should be read.