Friends of the Forest Preserve District of Will County

Analysis

Friends of the Forest Preserve District of Will County is a registered charity in United States, based in Joliet, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2010, 16 years ago. 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, Friends of the Forest Preserve District of Will County reported income of $734k and spending of $250k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $150k to $734k (+388%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 286%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Friends of the Forest Preserve District of Will County sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seniors United for Nutrition Program Inc ($734k), Frank M Houck Trust No 4 ($734k) and VSC Inc ($734k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 22% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $5,871, net assets of $1.0m.