Indian Nations Conservation Alliance

Analysis

Indian Nations Conservation Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Taos, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Indian Nations Conservation Alliance reported income of $1.1m and spending of $801k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $546k to $1.1m (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 376%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Indian Nations Conservation Alliance sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mrs of Clinton County Inc ($1.1m), Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind Inc ($1.1m) and Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council 19655 Allendale ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $87k (11% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $792k against liabilities of $191k, net assets of $601k. It reported 17 employees.