Restore or Retreat

Analysis

Restore or Retreat is a registered charity in United States, based in Thibodaux, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 December 2023, Restore or Retreat reported income of $121k and spending of $166k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $631k to $121k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Restore or Retreat sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 41st percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Country Garden Club of L I Inc ($121k), Dumond Conservancy for Primates & Tropical Forest Inc ($121k) and Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association ($121k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% of the total. At year end it held assets of $474k against liabilities of $123, net assets of $474k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.