Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance

Analysis

Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance reported income of $5.4m and spending of $408k, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $72k to $5.4m (+7328%), an average of +320% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 817%. Over the whole period it spent 12% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance 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 94th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation ($5.4m), Montana Land Reliance Foundation ($5.4m) and Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative ($5.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $168k. At year end it held assets of $5.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $5.4m. It reported 3 employees.