Stark Mountain Foundation Inc

Analysis

Stark Mountain Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Waitsfield, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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 September 2023, Stark Mountain Foundation Inc reported income of $223k and spending of $109k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $1.8m to $223k (-88%), an average of -41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Stark Mountain Foundation Inc sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brownfield Superfund Advisory Inc ($222k), Two Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc ($223k) and Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation ($222k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $905k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $905k.