Davis Conservation Foundation

Analysis

Davis Conservation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Yarmouth, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Davis Conservation Foundation reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.3m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.8m to $1.6m (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Davis Conservation Foundation 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 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Katmai Conservancy ($1.6m), Oceanic Global Foundation ($1.6m) and Greentown Org Inc ($1.6m).

Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $36k (2.7% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $35.7m against liabilities of $77k, net assets of $35.7m.