Friends of Front Range Wildlife Refuges

Analysis

Friends of Front Range Wildlife Refuges is a registered charity in United States, based in Commerce City, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 2023, Friends of Front Range Wildlife Refuges reported income of $376k and spending of $372k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $314k to $376k (+20%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of Front Range Wildlife Refuges sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Star Track Cycling Inc ($376k), Village Halloween Parade Inc ($376k) and Pedro Menendez High School Athletic Boosters Club Inc ($376k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $92k (25% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $39k. At year end it held assets of $131k against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $114k. It reported 12 employees.