Friends of Birdlife International Inc

Analysis

Friends of Birdlife International Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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 Birdlife International Inc reported income of $4.3m and spending of $3.8m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $4.3m (+72%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 308%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Friends of Birdlife International Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 88th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great River Greening ($4.2m), Longmont Humane Society Inc ($4.3m) and Idaho Zoological Society ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $226k. At year end it held assets of $5.4m against liabilities of $4.1m, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 6 employees.