Foundation for Glacier & Environmental Research

Analysis

Foundation for Glacier & Environmental Research is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 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, Foundation for Glacier & Environmental Research reported income of $592k and spending of $604k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $349k to $592k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 361%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Foundation for Glacier & Environmental Research sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health ($592k), Flying Cloud Institute Inc ($593k) and Twelve Stones Christian Academy ($591k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% and program service revenue 59% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $153k. At year end it held assets of $319k against liabilities of $2,656, net assets of $316k. It reported 9 employees.