Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education Center Inc

Analysis

Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Deep Gap, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education Center Inc reported income of $215k and spending of $146k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $144k to $215k (+49%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Buffalo Cove Outdoor Education Center Inc sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Lucas Foundation ($215k), Tulare County Cattle Drive Beef Boosters Inc ($215k) and Young America Ministries Inc ($215k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 84% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $90k. At year end it held assets of $698k against liabilities of $1,765, net assets of $697k. It reported 7 employees.