Wind River Development Fund

Analysis

Wind River Development Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Washakie, WY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 December 2023, Wind River Development Fund reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $576k to $1.8m (+215%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Wind River Development Fund sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within WY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western Colorado Business Development Corp ($1.8m), Keep Growing Detroit ($1.8m) and Startx ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $460k. At year end it held assets of $7.2m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $5.2m. It reported 9 employees.