Grand Prairie Friends

Analysis

Grand Prairie Friends is a registered charity in United States, based in Urbana, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1985, 41 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, Grand Prairie Friends reported income of $642k and spending of $410k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $412k to $642k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Grand Prairie Friends sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Code Redd ($642k), Third Millennium Alliance ($642k) and The National Council for Science and the Environment ($642k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 9.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $54k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $66k. At year end it held assets of $5.7m against liabilities of $3,625, net assets of $5.6m. It reported 9 employees.