Northern Alaska Environmental Center

Analysis

Northern Alaska Environmental Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairbanks, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1975, 51 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, Northern Alaska Environmental Center reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $434k to $1.3m (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Northern Alaska Environmental Center sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation Inc ($1.3m), 1000 Friends of Florida Inc ($1.3m) and Nashua River Watershed Association Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $598k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $217k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 15 employees.