Cloud City Conservation Center

Analysis

Cloud City Conservation Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Leadville, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2012, 14 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, Cloud City Conservation Center reported income of $424k and spending of $388k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $143k to $424k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cloud City Conservation Center sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frontier Horizon Inc ($424k), Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy Inc ($424k) and Grow It Green Morristown Inc ($424k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $78k (20% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $147k. At year end it held assets of $260k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $249k. It reported 9 employees.