Landscape Architecture Foundation

Analysis

Landscape Architecture Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington DC, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Landscape Architecture Foundation reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.3m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $2.0m (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Landscape Architecture Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delta Institute ($2.0m), Daya Inc ($2.0m) and South Carolina Council on Competitiveness ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $264k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $694k. At year end it held assets of $9.0m against liabilities of $721k, net assets of $8.3m. It reported 12 employees.