Environmental Research Center Inc

Analysis

Environmental Research Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ft Oglethorpe, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2012, 14 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, Environmental Research Center Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.3m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.5m to $2.4m (-30%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Environmental Research Center Inc 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 87th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc ($2.4m), The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education ($2.4m) and Friends of the Conservatory ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $485k (21% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $227k. At year end it held assets of $11.2m against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $11.1m. It reported 12 employees.