Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance Inc

Analysis

Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jamestown, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2015, 11 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, Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $848k to $1.8m (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Chautauqua Lake and Watershed Management Alliance Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include If Not US Then Who ($1.8m), North and South Rivers Watershed Association Inc ($1.9m) and Act Institute Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $67k (3.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $90k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $179k, net assets of $917k. It reported 3 employees.