Turning Green

Analysis

Turning Green is a registered charity in United States, based in Sausalito, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Turning Green reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $1.0m (-2.0%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Turning Green sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cancer Connection Inc ($1.0m), Michelles Place ($1.0m) and The American Foregut Society ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $155k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $165k. At year end it held assets of $346k against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $336k. It reported 4 employees.