South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center

Analysis

South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center is a registered charity in United States, based in S Padre Isle, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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 December 2022, South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center reported income of $1.1m and spending of $985k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $782k to $1.1m (+40%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include York County Humane Society ($1.1m), Red Bell Run Foundation Inc ($1.1m) and Adams County Pet Rescue ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $66k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $296k. At year end it held assets of $670k against liabilities of $172k, net assets of $498k. It reported 20 employees.