The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated

Analysis

The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover unknown, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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, The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated reported income of $10.4m and spending of $9.9m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.9m to $10.4m (+263%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safe & Sound ($10.4m), Foundations Inc ($10.4m) and Ronald McDonald House Philadelphia ($10.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 10% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $780k (7.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $781k. At year end it held assets of $9.8m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $7.6m. It reported 17 employees.