West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project

Analysis

West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 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, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $338k to $1.2m (+268%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 321%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Crane Institute of Sustainability Inc ($1.2m), Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation ($1.2m) and Fabscrap Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 42% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $229k (20% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $296k. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $3.6m, net assets of $874k. It reported 8 employees.