Taliesin Preservation Inc

Analysis

Taliesin Preservation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Spring Green, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1990, 36 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, Taliesin Preservation Inc reported income of $4.0m and spending of $2.3m, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $4.0m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

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

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $221k (9.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $971k. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $384k, net assets of $5.4m. It reported 71 employees.