Dane County Conservation League

Analysis

Dane County Conservation League is a registered charity in United States, based in Madison, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1959, 67 years ago. 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, Dane County Conservation League reported income of $110k and spending of $153k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $123k to $110k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 280%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Dane County Conservation League sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crossroads Tabernacle Inc ($110k), West Hollywood Recovery Center Inc ($110k) and Decatur Kiwanis Foundation Inc ($110k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 8.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $1,875, net assets of $2.4m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.