Redwood Coast Land Conservancy

Analysis

Redwood Coast Land Conservancy is a registered charity in United States, based in Gualala, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2025. 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 2020, Redwood Coast Land Conservancy reported income of $520k and spending of $158k, leaving 70% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2020, income grew from $87k to $520k (+500%), an average of +500% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 500%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Redwood Coast Land Conservancy sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Partnership for the National Trails System ($519k), Chestatee-Chattahoochee Resource Conservation and Development Area ($520k) and Monmouth Conservation Foundation ($518k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2020, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $9,511. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 1 employees.