Four Winds Nature Instituteincorporated

Analysis

Four Winds Nature Instituteincorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Chittenden, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2007, 19 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 June 2024, Four Winds Nature Instituteincorporated reported income of $285k and spending of $307k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $297k to $285k (-3.9%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Four Winds Nature Instituteincorporated sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education ($285k), Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association ($286k) and Lake Worth Lagoon Environmental Defense Fund Inc ($285k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 40% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $86k (28% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $134k. At year end it held assets of $291k against liabilities of $41k, net assets of $251k. It reported 14 employees.