Los Penaquitos Lagoon Foundation

Analysis

Los Penaquitos Lagoon Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Cardiff, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1984, 42 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, Los Penaquitos Lagoon Foundation reported income of $361k and spending of $424k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $657k to $361k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Los Penaquitos Lagoon Foundation sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Torch Lake Protection Alliance ($361k), Womens Environmental Institute at Amador Hill ($361k) and Babb Creek Watershed Association Inc ($361k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $163k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $163k.