Urban Green Council

Analysis

Urban Green Council is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 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 2023, Urban Green Council reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $2.7m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Urban Green Council sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Land Conservancy of West Michigan ($2.7m), Central Conservation Inc ($2.7m) and Nature for Justice ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 55% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $231k (9.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $670k, net assets of $582k. It reported 16 employees.