Environmental Traveling Companions

Analysis

Environmental Traveling Companions is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1975, 51 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, Environmental Traveling Companions reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.6m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.6m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Environmental Traveling Companions sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potomac Riverkeeper Inc ($1.6m), The Ohio Water Environment Association ($1.6m) and Nantucket Land and Water Council Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $220k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $639k. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $104k, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 19 employees.