Friends of the Green Bay Trail

Analysis

Friends of the Green Bay Trail is a registered charity in United States, based in Glencoe, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Friends of the Green Bay Trail reported income of $150k and spending of $85k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $562k to $150k (-73%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 21% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the Green Bay Trail sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calsafe Research Center ($150k), The Institute for Safer Chemical Alternatives Incorporated ($151k) and Aloha Tree Alliance ($150k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.