Friends of the Sleeping Bear Dunes

Analysis

Friends of the Sleeping Bear Dunes is a registered charity in United States, based in Empire, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1994, 32 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 September 2023, Friends of the Sleeping Bear Dunes reported income of $288k and spending of $286k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2023, income grew from $198k to $288k (+46%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 Sleeping Bear Dunes sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 61st percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts ($287k), International Association for Hydrogen Energy Inc ($288k) and Mt Mountain Mamas ($287k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $328k against liabilities of $1,539, net assets of $327k.