Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Inc

Analysis

Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Basking Ridge, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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, Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Inc reported income of $224k and spending of $122k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $143k to $224k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Inc sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Save the Golden Lion Tamarin ($224k), Cats at Longstreet ($224k) and Monkey House an Animal Sanctuary Inc ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $329k against liabilities of $1,270, net assets of $328k.