Fish Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern Connecticut Inc

Analysis

Fish Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern Connecticut Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Torrington, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Fish Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern Connecticut Inc reported income of $968k and spending of $1.0m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $799k to $968k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Fish Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern Connecticut Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include NHDC Fairfield Village Apartments Inc ($966k), Calais Methodist Home Inc ($968k) and Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation ($966k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $458k. At year end it held assets of $873k against liabilities of $208k, net assets of $666k. It reported 11 employees.