Friends of Blackwater Incorporated

Analysis

Friends of Blackwater Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Cambridge, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Friends of Blackwater Incorporated reported income of $105k and spending of $96k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2023, income grew from $65k to $105k (+60%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Blackwater Incorporated sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ogle Natural Areas Alliance ($105k), Can You Dig It Inc ($105k) and Plant Exchange ($105k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% of the total. At year end it held assets of $306k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $306k.