Barton Springs Conservancy

Analysis

Barton Springs Conservancy is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Barton Springs Conservancy reported income of $130k and spending of $55k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $206k to $130k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Barton Springs Conservancy sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Triad Youth Athletic Association ($130k), Seekonk Boys Basketball Inc ($130k) and Greater Miami Conference ($130k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.9m.