Sonoran Desert Conference Center

Analysis

Sonoran Desert Conference Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Ajo, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 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, Sonoran Desert Conference Center reported income of $1.2m and spending of $915k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $528k to $1.2m (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sonoran Desert Conference Center 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 78th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center ($1.2m), South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center ($1.2m) and Basel Action Network ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $380k. At year end it held assets of $355k against liabilities of $133k, net assets of $221k.