Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee Inc

Analysis

Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ridgecrest, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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 2022, Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee Inc reported income of $316k and spending of $522k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $643k to $316k (-51%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee Inc sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spay & Neuter Action Program Snap ($316k), Denton Animal Support Foundation Inc ($316k) and Cincinnati Lab Rescue ($315k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $69k. At year end it held assets of $18.7m against liabilities of $438k, net assets of $18.3m. It reported 5 employees.