Mississippi Park Connection

Analysis

Mississippi Park Connection is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 September 2023, Mississippi Park Connection reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $363k to $1.3m (+264%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Mississippi Park Connection sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation ($1.3m), Carolina Land & Lakes Rc-D Inc ($1.3m) and Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 10% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $130k (9.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $408k. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $57k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 18 employees.