Clear the Air Foundation

Analysis

Clear the Air Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 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, Clear the Air Foundation reported income of $331k and spending of $233k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $218k to $331k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Clear the Air Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation ($331k), Bolsa Chica Land Trust ($331k) and Izaak Walton League of America Inc ($331k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $94k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $4,484, net assets of $1.2m.