Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship

Analysis

Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship is a registered charity in United States, based in Quincy, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2005, 21 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 Buttes Trail Stewardship reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.7m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $3.1m (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Passive House Institute US Inc ($3.1m), Charles River Watershed Association Inc ($3.1m) and Owamniyomni Okhodayapi ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $618k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 66 employees.