Fred M Van Eck Forest Foundation for Purdue University

Analysis

Fred M Van Eck Forest Foundation for Purdue University is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fred M Van Eck Forest Foundation for Purdue University reported income of $5.2m and spending of $4.9m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.6m to $5.2m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Fred M Van Eck Forest Foundation for Purdue University sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Inc ($5.1m), Arizona Association of Conservation Districts Inc ($5.2m) and Maine Audubon Society ($5.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.1% and program service revenue 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $21.7m against liabilities of $844k, net assets of $20.9m.