Conservation Enhancement Fund

Analysis

Conservation Enhancement Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Jefferson Cty, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 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, Conservation Enhancement Fund reported income of $53k and spending of $74k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $19k to $53k (+177%), an average of +177% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Conservation Enhancement Fund sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 19th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Green Cay Nature Center Inc ($53k), Oregon Coast Alliance ($53k) and California Botanical Society ($53k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 46% of the total. At year end it held assets of $66k against liabilities of $38k, net assets of $28k.