Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation

Analysis

Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Camp Hill, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 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, Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.8m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Green Building Alliance ($1.8m), Genesis Project ($1.8m) and Citizens for Conservation Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 5.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $232k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $3,722, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 12 employees.