Hunterdon Land Trust

Analysis

Hunterdon Land Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Flemington, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1997, 29 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 September 2023, Hunterdon Land Trust reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $1.3m (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Hunterdon Land Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association ($1.3m), Friends of the Rouge ($1.3m) and Saving Nature Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $326k. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $59k, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 12 employees.