Maasai Wilderness Conservation Fund

Analysis

Maasai Wilderness Conservation Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 2024, Maasai Wilderness Conservation Fund reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.8m, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $1.1m to $1.3m (+25%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 214%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Maasai Wilderness Conservation Fund 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 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Downtown Association Foundation ($1.3m), Leadership International Inc ($1.3m) and Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $97k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $636k, net assets of $462k.