Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation

Analysis

Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Boalsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 May 2024, Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation reported income of $81k and spending of $60k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $48k to $81k (+68%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 35%. 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, Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 30th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broad River Greenway ($81k), Big Dry Creek Watershed Association ($81k) and Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources ($81k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $34k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $34k.