Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions

Analysis

Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions is a registered charity in United States, based in Albuquerque, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.6m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.3m (+1.2%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 164%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include To Nizhoni Ani ($1.3m), Owasso Preparatory Academy Incorporated ($1.3m) and Friends of Aspen Academy ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 64% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $99k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $725k. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $231k, net assets of $3.9m. It reported 64 employees.