Countryside Alliance of the Somerset Hills

Analysis

Countryside Alliance of the Somerset Hills is a registered charity in United States, based in Gladstone, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 November 2023, Countryside Alliance of the Somerset Hills reported income of $82k and spending of $49k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from November 2018 to November 2023, income fell from $533k to $82k (-85%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2019, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Countryside Alliance of the Somerset Hills sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 39th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Supreme Perfectionists ($82k), The Bingham Trust ($82k) and Clark Lake Spirit Foundation Inc ($82k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 50% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.