Cal-Wood Education Center

Analysis

Cal-Wood Education Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Jamestown, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cal-Wood Education Center reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.9m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.1m (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cal-Wood Education Center sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sitka Conservation Society ($2.1m), Center for Coalfield Justice ($2.2m) and CT Energy Efficiency Finance Company ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% and program service revenue 65% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $121k (6.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $767k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $240k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 48 employees.