Friends of Governor Dodge State Park

Analysis

Friends of Governor Dodge State Park is a registered charity in United States, based in Dodgeville, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1998, 28 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 Governor Dodge State Park reported income of $88k and spending of $109k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $134k to $88k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Governor Dodge State Park sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Future of Hunting in Florida Inc ($88k), Grand Hope Park Inc ($88k) and Long Pond Association Inc ($88k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% of the total. At year end it held assets of $96k against liabilities of $967, net assets of $95k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.