Mississippi Land Trust

Analysis

Mississippi Land Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Stoneville, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 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, Mississippi Land Trust reported income of $1.7m and spending of $187k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.3m to $1.7m (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 3.7% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Mississippi Land Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Sustainable Tourism Council ($1.7m), Ecosphere Restoration Institute Inc ($1.7m) and Sure We Can Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 8.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $42k. At year end it held assets of $121.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $121.4m.