Battersea Foundation

Analysis

Battersea Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Petersburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 December 2023, Battersea Foundation reported income of $170k and spending of $112k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $108k to $170k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 221%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Battersea Foundation 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 50th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farm and Wilderness Conservation Inc ($170k), Gesneriad Society ($170k) and Florida Coalition for Preservationinc ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.5m.