Inland Seas Education Association

Analysis

Inland Seas Education Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Suttons Bay, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1989, 37 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 December 2023, Inland Seas Education Association reported income of $3.6m and spending of $1.8m, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $967k to $3.6m (+272%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Inland Seas Education Association 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 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Lumber Standard Committee Incorporated ($3.6m), Water Well Trust Incorporated ($3.6m) and Amazon Watch ($3.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 4.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $181k (10.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $663k. At year end it held assets of $7.4m against liabilities of $73k, net assets of $7.3m. It reported 16 employees.