Natural Resources Council Inc

Analysis

Natural Resources Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Augusta, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1963, 63 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 March 2024, Natural Resources Council Inc reported income of $4.4m and spending of $3.9m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income fell from $4.6m to $4.4m (-3.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Natural Resources Council Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ecostudies Institute ($4.4m), Sonnenberg Gardens ($4.4m) and Evergreen Climate Innovations ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $398k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $18.7m against liabilities of $448k, net assets of $18.2m. It reported 38 employees.