Forth

Analysis

Forth is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2014, 12 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, Forth reported income of $9.3m and spending of $10.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $9.3m (+487%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 278%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Forth 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 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feather River Land Trust ($9.3m), Global Energy Monitor ($9.3m) and Recycle Ann Arbor ($9.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $673k, net assets of $863k. It reported 44 employees.