Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Analysis

Rights and Resources Institute Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 (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, Rights and Resources Institute Inc reported income of $12.5m and spending of $15.4m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.2m to $12.5m (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 403%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Rights and Resources Institute Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whidbey-Camano Land Trust ($12.5m), Hiipaka LLC ($12.5m) and Digdeep Right to Water Project ($12.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $712k (4.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.6m. At year end it held assets of $57.1m against liabilities of $8.5m, net assets of $48.6m. It reported 31 employees.