Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge

Analysis

Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge is a registered charity in United States, based in Richmond, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge reported income of $248k and spending of $48k, leaving 81% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $28k to $248k (+783%), an average of +783% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 783%. Over the whole period it spent 27% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include El Dorado Foundation Inc ($248k), Sandpoint Rotary Charitable Trust Inc ($248k) and Better Together Employee Foundation ($248k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $260k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $260k.