Building Conservation Trust

Analysis

Building Conservation Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Building Conservation Trust reported income of $489k and spending of $499k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $489k (-71%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 75%. 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, Building Conservation Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingston Land Trust Inc ($488k), Coosa Riverkeeper ($489k) and Valley Stewardship Network Inc ($488k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $111k. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $105k, net assets of $4.5m.