Longview Arboretum and Nature Center

Analysis

Longview Arboretum and Nature Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Longview, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 December 2023, Longview Arboretum and Nature Center reported income of $849k and spending of $649k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $832k to $849k (+2.1%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Longview Arboretum and Nature Center sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions ($849k), The Kennebec Land Trust ($850k) and Hackensack Riverkeeper Inc ($848k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $206k. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $639k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 7 employees.