Branford Land Trust Inc

Analysis

Branford Land Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Branford, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 April 2023, Branford Land Trust Inc reported income of $167k and spending of $90k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2019 to April 2023, income grew from $81k to $167k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2020, when income rose by 513%. Over the whole period it spent 14% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Branford Land Trust Inc sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coal ($167k), Stuart Sailfish Club Foundation Inc ($167k) and Rocky Mountain Sport Riders Inc ($167k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $15.8m against liabilities of $417k, net assets of $15.4m.