Borneo Research Council

Analysis

Borneo Research Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Phillips, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2009, 17 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, Borneo Research Council reported income of $57k and spending of $7,264, leaving 87% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $69k to $57k (-17%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 18% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Borneo Research Council sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 15th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sprague River Water Resource Foundation Inc ($57k), Rural Water Center Inc ($57k) and Cincinnati Permaculture Institute ($57k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.6% and program service revenue 6.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $653k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $653k.