Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund

Analysis

Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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, Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund reported income of $227k and spending of $238k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $57k to $227k (+296%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 265%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nature of Cities Inc ($227k), Coastal Bend Air Quality Partnership ($227k) and Baywork ($227k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $187k against liabilities of $20k, net assets of $167k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.