California Rangeland Trust

Analysis

California Rangeland Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1999, 27 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, California Rangeland Trust reported income of $22.1m and spending of $22.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $18.9m to $22.1m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, California Rangeland Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penn Mar Organization Inc ($22.1m), Childrens Home Society of New Jersey ($22.1m) and Advocates for Life Skills and Opportunity Inc ($22.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $233k (1.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $51.0m against liabilities of $949k, net assets of $50.0m. It reported 22 employees.