Greater Lewes Foundation

Analysis

Greater Lewes Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lewes, DE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2000, 26 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, Greater Lewes Foundation reported income of $2.4m and spending of $1.6m, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $967k to $2.4m (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Greater Lewes Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within DE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flint Park Conservancy Limited ($2.4m), Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest ($2.4m) and Ozarks Environmental Services ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $123k, net assets of $3.4m.