The Cheshire Land Preservation Fund

Analysis

The Cheshire Land Preservation Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Unionville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1991, 35 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, The Cheshire Land Preservation Fund reported income of $122k and spending of $63k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $181k to $122k (-33%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Cheshire Land Preservation Fund sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lake Fork Valley Conservancy ($122k), Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education Inc ($122k) and Frog Creek Adventure School ($122k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $1,000, net assets of $4.9m.