Westchester Land Trust Inc

Analysis

Westchester Land Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bedford Hills, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1994, 32 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, Westchester Land Trust Inc reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.6m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $3.8m (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 168%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Westchester Land Trust Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 88th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kalamazoo Nature Center Inc ($3.8m), Consortium for Energy Efficiency Inc ($3.9m) and Society for Conservation Biology ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $176k (4.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $772k. At year end it held assets of $26.5m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $25.4m. It reported 14 employees.