Puerto Rico Conservation Trust

Analysis

Puerto Rico Conservation Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in San Juan, PR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1969, 57 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, Puerto Rico Conservation Trust reported income of $39.6m and spending of $41.8m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $31.9m to $39.6m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Puerto Rico Conservation Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within PR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wilderness Society ($39.2m), Thanksgiving Point Institute Inc ($40.0m) and Sustainable Markets Foundation ($39.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% of the total. At year end it held assets of $655.6m against liabilities of $240.2m, net assets of $415.3m.