Land Conservancy of Adams County

Analysis

Land Conservancy of Adams County is a registered charity in United States, based in Gettysburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 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, Land Conservancy of Adams County reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.6m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $2.7m (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 387%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Land Conservancy of Adams County sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Environmental Health Watch Inc ($2.7m), Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants Inc ($2.7m) and Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $105k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 2 employees.