Open Land Conservancy of Chester County

Analysis

Open Land Conservancy of Chester County is a registered charity in United States, based in Paoli, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1990, 36 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, Open Land Conservancy of Chester County reported income of $268k and spending of $242k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $148k to $268k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 468%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Open Land Conservancy of Chester County sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rural Resources Incorporated ($268k), Gull Area Lakes Association ($269k) and Analysis Planning and Management Institute Inc ($268k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5.6m against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $5.5m.