Prairie Plains Resource Institute

Analysis

Prairie Plains Resource Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Aurora, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Prairie Plains Resource Institute reported income of $785k and spending of $703k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $914k to $785k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Prairie Plains Resource Institute sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montezuma Land Conservancy ($784k), Dovetail Partners Inc ($785k) and Greater Worcester Land Trust Inc ($783k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 55% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $284k. At year end it held assets of $5.5m against liabilities of $291k, net assets of $5.2m. It reported 4 employees.