Potomac Valley Audubon Society Inc

Analysis

Potomac Valley Audubon Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Shepherdstown, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1984, 42 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 August 2024, Potomac Valley Audubon Society Inc reported income of $855k and spending of $549k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to August 2024, income grew from $483k to $855k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Potomac Valley Audubon Society 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 77th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ammonoosuc Conservation TR ($855k), Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition ($855k) and Transition Zone Horticultural Institute Inc ($855k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $61k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $220k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $541k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 9 employees.