Essex County Greenbelt Association

Analysis

Essex County Greenbelt Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Essex, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1965, 61 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, Essex County Greenbelt Association reported income of $5.6m and spending of $2.6m, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $8.7m to $5.6m (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Essex County Greenbelt Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Planting Justice ($5.6m), Columbia Riverkeeper ($5.6m) and Center for Natural Lands Management ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 9.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $159k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $66.6m against liabilities of $324k, net assets of $66.2m. It reported 22 employees.