Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Inc

Analysis

Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chester, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1988, 38 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, Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Inc reported income of $863k and spending of $916k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $743k to $863k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Inc sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arctic Exploration Fund Inc ($862k), Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps ($863k) and Civilization Works ($860k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $311k. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $215k, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 11 employees.