Plant-For-The-Planet US

Analysis

Plant-For-The-Planet US is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Fe Springs, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2016, 10 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 2024, Plant-For-The-Planet US reported income of $3.9m and spending of $4.9m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.1m to $3.9m (+248%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 332%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Plant-For-The-Planet US 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 CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Horticultural Society Inc ($3.9m), Taliesin Preservation Inc ($4.0m) and Martin Luther King Gardens Inc ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $490k against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $427k.