Sioux County Conservation Foundation

Analysis

Sioux County Conservation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Hawarden, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 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, Sioux County Conservation Foundation reported income of $122k and spending of $216k, spending 177% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $890k to $122k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sioux County Conservation Foundation sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 41st percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chicago Audubon Society ($122k), New Horizons Inc ($122k) and Waltham Land TR Inc ($122k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $300k against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of -$745k.