Waterfowl Festival Inc

Analysis

Waterfowl Festival Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Easton, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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 December 2022, Waterfowl Festival Inc reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $295k to $1.4m (+360%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Waterfowl Festival Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reigning Grace Ranch ($1.4m), Tune in to Nature Org ($1.4m) and Beneath the Waves Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $164k. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $4.2m. It reported 5 employees.