California Society of American Foresters

Analysis

California Society of American Foresters is a registered charity in United States, based in Acton, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1971, 55 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, California Society of American Foresters reported income of $176k and spending of $186k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $154k to $176k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, California Society of American Foresters sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nature of Wildworks ($176k), Friends of Wildwood Lake Nature Center Inc ($176k) and North Carolina Beach Inlet and Waterway Association Inc ($176k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 22% of the total. At year end it held assets of $185k against liabilities of $855, net assets of $184k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.