Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County

Analysis

Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 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, Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $568k to $1.7m (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County 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 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pa Cleanways ($1.7m), Tar River Land Conservancy ($1.7m) and Sustainable Purchasing Council ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $224k. At year end it held assets of $923k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $923k.