Canton Land Conservation Trust Inc

Analysis

Canton Land Conservation Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Canton Center, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1972, 54 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, Canton Land Conservation Trust Inc reported income of $320k and spending of $47k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $193k to $320k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Canton Land Conservation Trust Inc sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Water Conservation Garden Authority ($320k), Susquehanna Greenway Partnership ($321k) and Pangeaseed Foundation ($320k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8.8m against liabilities of $1,700, net assets of $8.8m.