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Ellerbee Creek Watershed Association

Durham, North Carolina · EIN 56-2123874 · Environment · tax-exempt since 1999

D

Charity Clarity grade D (score 46.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2023.

Graded against 14,690 environment nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.74.9 months0
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.51
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.96% from one source33
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.93.5%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.04not scored

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Year by year

2020202120222023grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2023Form 990$967K$868K$98K$5.42M74.912D
Sep 2022Form 990$598K$628K−$30K$5.31M101.412D
Sep 2021Form 990$767K$587K$180K$5.36M109.511D
Sep 2020Form 990$472K$499K−$28K$5.21M125.28D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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