Gesneriad Society

Analysis

Gesneriad Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1986, 40 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, Gesneriad Society reported income of $170k and spending of $144k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $107k to $170k (+58%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Gesneriad Society sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Battersea Foundation ($170k), Darby Creek Valley Association ($170k) and Farm and Wilderness Conservation Inc ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.7% and program service revenue 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $977k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $977k.