Upper Saco Valley Land Trust

Analysis

Upper Saco Valley Land Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Conway, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Upper Saco Valley Land Trust reported income of $1.6m and spending of $612k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $766k to $1.6m (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Upper Saco Valley Land Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nubian Directions II Inc ($1.6m), Sunflower of Peace ($1.6m) and Faith Mission Home Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $229k. At year end it held assets of $7.9m against liabilities of $41k, net assets of $7.8m. It reported 7 employees.