Amah Mutsun Land Trust

Analysis

Amah Mutsun Land Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2018, 8 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 2022, Amah Mutsun Land Trust reported income of $5.7m and spending of $1.8m, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $875k to $5.7m (+552%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Amah Mutsun Land Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Splash International ($5.7m), Nature Collective ($5.7m) and The Mountains to Sound Greenway TR ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 2.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $146k (8.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $654k. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $32k, net assets of $6.3m. It reported 33 employees.