Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc

Analysis

Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc reported income of $462k and spending of $389k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $457k to $462k (+1.2%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tristar Rowing ($462k), Oregon Sports Action ($462k) and Harris Baseball Softball Inc ($462k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $145k (37% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $52k. It paid $373 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $32k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 1 employees.