Friends of the Upper Delaware River

Analysis

Friends of the Upper Delaware River is a registered charity in United States, based in Hancock, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2005, 21 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, Friends of the Upper Delaware River reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.5m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $433k to $1.7m (+286%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the Upper Delaware River sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clean Fuels Ohio ($1.7m), Happy Goat Inc ($1.7m) and Pennsylvania Resources Council ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $463k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $180k, net assets of $985k. It reported 13 employees.