Watershed Committee of Ozarks Inc

Analysis

Watershed Committee of Ozarks Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1995, 31 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, Watershed Committee of Ozarks Inc reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.7m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $597k to $2.1m (+255%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 229%. 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, Watershed Committee of Ozarks Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Conservancy of the Sea Islands ($2.1m), The Monadnock Conservancy ($2.1m) and Patch of Heaven Sanctuary Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $794k. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $4,926, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 34 employees.