Erie Bird Observatory

Analysis

Erie Bird Observatory is a registered charity in United States, based in Erie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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, Erie Bird Observatory reported income of $174k and spending of $161k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $113k to $174k (+54%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Erie Bird Observatory sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Az Husky Rescue ($174k), Headwaters Animal Shelter ($175k) and Smyth Animal Rescue & Resource Center Inc ($174k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 20% of the total. At year end it held assets of $76k against liabilities of $989, net assets of $75k.