Natural Dharma Fellowship

Analysis

Natural Dharma Fellowship is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2009, 17 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Natural Dharma Fellowship reported income of $1.5m and spending of $891k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $617k to $1.5m (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Natural Dharma Fellowship sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Philadelphia Youth Choral Ensembles ($1.5m), Adaptive Performance Center ($1.5m) and Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 38% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $481k. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 23 employees.