Whale and Dolphin Conservation Inc

Analysis

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Plymouth, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 September 2023, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $787k to $1.1m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Inc sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy ($1.0m), Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Inc ($1.1m) and Blue Ridge Discovery Center Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $691k. At year end it held assets of $748k against liabilities of $203k, net assets of $545k. It reported 17 employees.