Friends of Hunting Island State Park

Analysis

Friends of Hunting Island State Park is a registered charity in United States, based in Beaufort, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1998, 28 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, Friends of Hunting Island State Park reported income of $136k and spending of $184k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $253k to $136k (-46%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Hunting Island State Park sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caribbean Coral Restoration Center ($136k), Historic Westside Gardens Atl Inc ($137k) and Tribal Solid Waste Advisory Network ($136k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $119k against liabilities of $1,739, net assets of $117k.