Sustainable Conservation Inc

Analysis

Sustainable Conservation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Sustainable Conservation Inc reported income of $4.9m and spending of $12.6m, spending 261% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $4.9m (+225%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 413%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sustainable Conservation Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New England Forestry Foundation Inc ($4.9m), The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County ($4.9m) and Utah Clean Energy Alliance Inc ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $29.1m against liabilities of $76k, net assets of $29.0m.