Friends of the Petaluma River

Analysis

Friends of the Petaluma River is a registered charity in United States, based in Petaluma, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1998, 28 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 December 2022, Friends of the Petaluma River reported income of $345k and spending of $344k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $253k to $345k (+37%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the Petaluma River sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Basin National Park FNDN ($345k), Harbor Wildwatch ($346k) and Arizona Community Tree Council Inc ($345k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $225k. At year end it held assets of $111k against liabilities of $47k, net assets of $64k. It reported 29 employees.