Friends of the Organ Mountains- Desert Peaks

Analysis

Friends of the Organ Mountains- Desert Peaks is a registered charity in United States, based in Las Cruces, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2012, 14 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, Friends of the Organ Mountains- Desert Peaks reported income of $444k and spending of $334k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $213k to $444k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the Organ Mountains- Desert Peaks sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asheville Botanical Garden Inc ($444k), Snake River Waterkeeper Inc ($445k) and Purgatoire Watershed Partnership Inc ($444k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $175k. At year end it held assets of $434k against liabilities of $9,748, net assets of $424k. It reported 4 employees.