Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc

Analysis

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wilmington, DE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1996, 30 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, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.4m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.6m to $3.8m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within DE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc ($3.8m), The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation ($3.8m) and Western New York Land Conservancy Inc ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 1.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $243k (7.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $836k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 32 employees.