Upstate Freshwater Institute Incorporated

Analysis

Upstate Freshwater Institute Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Syracuse, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1984, 42 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, Upstate Freshwater Institute Incorporated reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.7m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Upstate Freshwater Institute Incorporated sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rhododendron Species Foundation ($1.7m), Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Inc ($1.7m) and Intertribal Timber Council ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $218k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $693k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $57k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 20 employees.