Gasp

Analysis

Gasp is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2009, 17 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, Gasp reported income of $1.5m and spending of $2.2m, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $282k to $1.5m (+445%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Gasp sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sierra Fund ($1.5m), Deep Portage Foundation ($1.5m) and Deb & Jeff Hansen Foundation ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $434k. At year end it held assets of $538k against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $463k. It reported 8 employees.