Barataria-Terrbonne Estuary Foundation Inc

Analysis

Barataria-Terrbonne Estuary Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Thibodaux, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Barataria-Terrbonne Estuary Foundation Inc reported income of $402k and spending of $308k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $573k to $402k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Barataria-Terrbonne Estuary Foundation Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Onondaga Environmental Institute Inc ($402k), Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association ($402k) and Countryside Conservancy ($401k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $855k against liabilities of $675, net assets of $854k.