Upstream Policy Institute Inc

Analysis

Upstream Policy Institute Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Durham, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2004, 22 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, Upstream Policy Institute Inc reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.5m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.4m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Upstream Policy Institute Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens ($1.4m), Continental Divide Trail Coalition ($1.4m) and Willamette Partnership ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $144k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $711k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $106k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 13 employees.