Friends of Conservation - Friends

Analysis

Friends of Conservation - Friends is a registered charity in United States, based in Plainfield, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1989, 37 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 Conservation - Friends reported income of $170k and spending of $199k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $178k to $170k (-4.4%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Friends of Conservation - Friends sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($170k), Ding Sum Inc ($170k) and Taiwanese Youth Arts Foundation Inc ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 131% of the total. At year end it held assets of $182k against liabilities of $68k, net assets of $114k.