Sierra Streams Institute

Analysis

Sierra Streams Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Nevada City, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 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, Sierra Streams Institute reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $663k to $1.5m (+134%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sierra Streams Institute sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heart of the Rockies Initiative ($1.5m), Crested Butte Land Trust ($1.5m) and Turtle Creek Conservancy ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 6.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $86k (5.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $751k. At year end it held assets of $527k against liabilities of $136k, net assets of $391k. It reported 21 employees.