Lewis Creek Water Shed Association

Analysis

Lewis Creek Water Shed Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Hinesburg, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Lewis Creek Water Shed Association reported income of $171k and spending of $117k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $227k to $171k (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Lewis Creek Water Shed Association sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Umatilla Basin Watershed Foundation Inc ($171k), The San Onofre Foundation ($171k) and Castleland Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc ($171k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $233k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $233k.