Friends of Berrien County Trails

Analysis

Friends of Berrien County Trails is a registered charity in United States, based in Benton Harbor, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Friends of Berrien County Trails reported income of $52k and spending of $5,867, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $466k to $52k (-89%), an average of -89% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 12% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of Berrien County Trails sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 19th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Corona Del Mar High School Girls Lacrosse Inc ($52k), Midwest Warriors Fastpitch Ltd ($52k) and Three Rivers Lacrosse Club ($52k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $515k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $515k.