Save the River-Save the Hills

Analysis

Save the River-Save the Hills is a registered charity in United States, based in Waterford, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2001, 25 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, Save the River-Save the Hills reported income of $154k and spending of $83k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $87k to $154k (+77%), an average of +77% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Save the River-Save the Hills sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute ($154k), Sandy Pond Channel Maintenance Association ($154k) and Nodnoc Inc ($154k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $238k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $238k.