Friends of Alaskan Nationalwildlife Refuges

Analysis

Friends of Alaskan Nationalwildlife Refuges is a registered charity in United States, based in Homer, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2006, 20 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 September 2023, Friends of Alaskan Nationalwildlife Refuges reported income of $118k and spending of $126k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $149k to $118k (-21%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Alaskan Nationalwildlife Refuges sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 37th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Declare Gods Wonders Inc ($118k), Wichita Falls Streams and Valleys Inc ($118k) and Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill Sanctuary Inc ($118k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 32% and program service revenue 54% of the total. At year end it held assets of $147k against liabilities of $1,604, net assets of $145k.