Somerset County Conservancy Charitable Trust

Analysis

Somerset County Conservancy Charitable Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Berlin, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1995, 31 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, Somerset County Conservancy Charitable Trust reported income of $536k and spending of $280k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $48k to $536k (+1012%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 461%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Somerset County Conservancy Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 69th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sustainable Finger Lakes Inc ($536k), Broad Water Innovations ($537k) and Jug Handle Creek Farm and Nature Center ($536k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 4.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.