Ecoforesters Inc

Analysis

Ecoforesters Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Asheville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Ecoforesters Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $346k to $1.2m (+253%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ecoforesters Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western States Air Resources Council ($1.2m), Holliday Park Foundation Inc ($1.2m) and Pacific Rim Conservation Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% and program service revenue 47% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $114k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $650k. At year end it held assets of $539k against liabilities of $100k, net assets of $438k. It reported 34 employees.