Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society Inc

Analysis

Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ft Lauderdale, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1982, 44 years ago. 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 May 2024, Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society Inc reported income of $160k and spending of $173k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $153k to $160k (+5.0%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 404%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redwood Art Association ($160k), Concerns of Police Survivors ($160k) and Hunting Park Neighborhood Advisory Committee ($160k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.5% and program service revenue 64% of the total. At year end it held assets of $274k against liabilities of $1,514, net assets of $273k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.