Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation

Analysis

Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Maple Valley, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1966, 60 years ago. 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, Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation reported income of $183k and spending of $191k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $116k to $183k (+58%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 48th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parent-Teacher Association PS Is 217m Inc ($183k), Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life ($183k) and Moodies Childrens Hours School ($183k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $149k against liabilities of $5,425, net assets of $144k.