Friends of Otters

Analysis

Friends of Otters is a registered charity in United States, based in Durham, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2011, 15 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, Friends of Otters reported income of $198k and spending of $163k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $203k to $198k (-2.7%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 206%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of Otters sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrison Heat a NJ Non-Profit Corporation ($198k), Reach Therapeutic Riding Center ($198k) and HCHS Patriot Quarterback Club Inc ($197k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $68k. At year end it held assets of $139k against liabilities of $8,839, net assets of $130k. It reported 17 employees.