Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Analysis

Conservation Law Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1967, 59 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 July 2023, Conservation Law Foundation Inc reported income of $16.5m and spending of $21.3m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $10.9m to $16.5m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2021, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Conservation Law Foundation Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calcef Innovations ($16.5m), Norfolk Botanical Garden Inc ($16.6m) and Sonoma Land Trust ($16.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 4.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $568k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $10.8m. It paid $103k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $36.6m against liabilities of $6.3m, net assets of $30.3m. It reported 140 employees.