Orion Society

Analysis

Orion Society is a registered charity in United States, based in GT Barrington, MA. 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 December 2023, Orion Society reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.6m (+43%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Orion Society sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation Inc ($1.6m), Nantucket Land and Water Council Inc ($1.6m) and Muley Fanatic Foundation of Wyoming Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 43% of the total. At year end it held assets of $902k against liabilities of $254k, net assets of $647k.