Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island

Analysis

Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlestown, RI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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, Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island reported income of $79k and spending of $18k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $21k to $79k (+273%), an average of +272% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 273%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 26th percentile within RI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Tail at a Time West Texas ($79k), New Leash on Life ($79k) and Brooklyn Paws Foundation Inc ($79k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $125k against liabilities of $224, net assets of $125k.