Keystone Elk Country Alliance

Analysis

Keystone Elk Country Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Benezette, PA. 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, Keystone Elk Country Alliance reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.2m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.5m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Keystone Elk Country Alliance sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birdsong Nature Center Inc ($2.5m), Cultural Fire Management Council ($2.5m) and Bear Yuba Land Trust ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 6.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $219k (10.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $767k. At year end it held assets of $5.6m against liabilities of $181k, net assets of $5.4m. It reported 37 employees.