Friends of Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserv

Analysis

Friends of Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserv is a registered charity in United States, based in Ponte Vedra, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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, Friends of Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserv reported income of $480k and spending of $552k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $253k to $480k (+89%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 304%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserv sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art ($480k), Truckee Trails Foundation ($480k) and Platte River Basin Environments Inc ($479k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $56k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $43k. At year end it held assets of $884k against liabilities of $298k, net assets of $586k. It reported 4 employees.