Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated

Analysis

Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Bloomington, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1992, 34 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 June 2023, Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated reported income of $3.9m and spending of $2.0m, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $3.9m (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watershed Institute Inc ($3.9m), Martin Luther King Gardens Inc ($3.9m) and Kohler Trust for Preservation ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 9.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $106k (5.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $385k. At year end it held assets of $24.0m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $24.0m. It reported 10 employees.