Utility Arborist Association

Analysis

Utility Arborist Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Forest Lake, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending July 2023, Utility Arborist Association reported income of $950k and spending of $1.6m, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $666k to $950k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2021, when income rose by 339%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Utility Arborist Association sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ventura Botanical Gardens Inc ($950k), Virginia Conservation Network ($950k) and Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-Intl ($948k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $308k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 4 employees.