Orange County Coastkeeper

Analysis

Orange County Coastkeeper is a registered charity in United States, based in Costa Mesa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1999, 27 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, Orange County Coastkeeper reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.2m, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.8m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Orange County Coastkeeper sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Starworks ($2.8m), Drive Clean Indiana Inc ($2.8m) and California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 61% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $215k (9.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $920k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $662k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 35 employees.