Black Bear Solar Institute Corporation

Analysis

Black Bear Solar Institute Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Johnson City, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Black Bear Solar Institute Corporation reported income of $161k and spending of $11k, leaving 93% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $108k to $161k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Black Bear Solar Institute Corporation sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mass Recycle Inc ($161k), Central Savannah River Land Trust Inc ($161k) and Paul F Brandwein Institute Inc ($161k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of -$530, net assets of $1.4m.