Shasta Land Trust

Analysis

Shasta Land Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Redding, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 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 June 2023, Shasta Land Trust reported income of $9.2m and spending of $7.9m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $9.2m (+798%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 887%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Shasta Land Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oregon Climate Trust ($9.2m), Solar United Neighbors ($9.2m) and Georgia-Alabama Land Trust Inc ($9.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $329k. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $175k, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 6 employees.