Honor the Earth

Analysis

Honor the Earth is a registered charity in United States, based in Colstrip, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2015, 11 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 June 2023, Honor the Earth reported income of $6.2m and spending of $5.5m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $6.2m (+231%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Honor the Earth sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid Klamath Watershed Council ($6.2m), Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance ($6.2m) and Friends of the Columbia Gorge Land Trust ($6.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $901k. At year end it held assets of $6.3m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $4.8m.