Alliance of Rouge Communities

Analysis

Alliance of Rouge Communities is a registered charity in United States, based in Canton, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2011, 15 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, Alliance of Rouge Communities reported income of $4.3m and spending of $4.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $4.3m (+300%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Alliance of Rouge Communities sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coastal Prairie Conservancy ($4.3m), Havens Harvest Inc ($4.3m) and Colorado Outward Bound School ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 3.5% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $366k.