San Benito County Heritage Foundation

Analysis

San Benito County Heritage Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Tres Pinos, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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, San Benito County Heritage Foundation reported income of $324k and spending of $360k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $253k to $324k (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 396%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, San Benito County Heritage 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 65th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salish Center for Sustainable Fishing Methods ($324k), We Are Neutral Inc ($325k) and Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers ($323k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 36% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.