Virginia Society of Ornithology

Analysis

Virginia Society of Ornithology is a registered charity in United States, based in Williamsburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Virginia Society of Ornithology reported income of $175k and spending of $62k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $474k to $175k (-63%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 18% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Virginia Society of Ornithology sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 50th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Peeling Society USA Foundation ($175k), Dove Project ($175k) and Celma Mastry Ovarian Cancer Foundation Inc ($175k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 2.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $811k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $811k.