Institute for Compatible Development

Analysis

Institute for Compatible Development is a registered charity in United States, based in Moss Point, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 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, Institute for Compatible Development reported income of $54k and spending of $94k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $79k to $54k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Institute for Compatible Development sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hilo Orchid Society Inc ($54k), Fort Bend County Master Gardeners Inc ($55k) and Raymond Waterways Protective Association ($54k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 170% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $287, net assets of $1.3m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.