Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust Inc

Analysis

Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Amherst, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust Inc reported income of $586k and spending of $572k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $445k to $586k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust Inc sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include DC Dreamcenter ($586k), Extend a Hand Fund ($586k) and Good Neighbor Village Inc ($586k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.0% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $103k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $294k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 24 employees.