Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council

Analysis

Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Spruce Pine, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 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 June 2023, Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council reported income of $765k and spending of $846k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $811k to $765k (-5.6%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wetlands Watch Inc ($765k), Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation ($766k) and Northeast Recycling Council ($765k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (9.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $96k against liabilities of $1,222, net assets of $95k. It reported 2 employees.