Bethlehem Land Trust Inc

Analysis

Bethlehem Land Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethlehem, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1980, 46 years ago. 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, Bethlehem Land Trust Inc reported income of $79k and spending of $54k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $67k to $79k (+19%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 888%. Over the whole period it spent 24% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Bethlehem Land Trust Inc sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 28th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Research and Policy Insitute ($79k), Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair Inc ($79k) and Crosby Public Library ($79k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 109% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $43k, net assets of $4.4m.