Willowsford Conservancy

Analysis

Willowsford Conservancy is a registered charity in United States, based in Aldie, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2025. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 2022, Willowsford Conservancy reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $1.2m to $1.8m (+48%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Willowsford Conservancy sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clackamas River Basin Council ($1.8m), Myers Flat Mutual Water System Inc ($1.8m) and Circle of Life Connections ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.4% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $55k (3.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $696k. At year end it held assets of $8.2m against liabilities of $115k, net assets of $8.0m. It reported 17 employees.