Friends of Cheney Lake Inc

Analysis

Friends of Cheney Lake Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wichita, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2005, 21 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 December 2023, Friends of Cheney Lake Inc reported income of $131k and spending of $94k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $131k to $131k (-0.5%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 21%. 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, Friends of Cheney Lake Inc sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Matanzas Inc ($131k), Empire Ranch Foundation ($131k) and Trash Free Maryland ($131k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.8% and program service revenue 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $637k against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $550k.