Farm & Wilderness Foundation Inc

Analysis

Farm & Wilderness Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Plymouth, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Farm & Wilderness Foundation Inc reported income of $6.0m and spending of $7.2m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $7.1m to $6.0m (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Farm & Wilderness Foundation Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leveling the Playing Field Inc ($6.0m), Cobb Futbol Club ($6.0m) and Camp Young Judaea Inc ($6.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $361k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $14.0m against liabilities of $5.8m, net assets of $8.2m. It reported 308 employees.