Open Source Ecology

Analysis

Open Source Ecology is a registered charity in United States, based in Maysville, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2013, 13 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, Open Source Ecology reported income of $258k and spending of $203k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $43k to $258k (+507%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Open Source Ecology sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rozalia Project ($258k), Grosse Pointe Shores Improvement Foundation ($258k) and St Louis Audubon Society ($258k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $247k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $247k.