Kittitas Conservation Trust

Analysis

Kittitas Conservation Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Roslyn, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Kittitas Conservation Trust reported income of $4.8m and spending of $4.5m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $4.8m (+164%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Kittitas Conservation Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Explore Schools Inc ($4.7m), Finishing Trades Institute of New York ($4.8m) and Urban Learning Collaborative Inc ($4.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $107k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $78k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $531k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 3 employees.