Rachel Carson Council Inc

Analysis

Rachel Carson Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethesda, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1967, 59 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, Rachel Carson Council Inc reported income of $2.2m and spending of $557k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $332k to $2.2m (+571%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Rachel Carson Council Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bcarbon Inc ($2.2m), Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy ($2.2m) and Enviromental Learning Center Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $42k (7.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $240k. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 6 employees.