The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy

Analysis

The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy is a registered charity in United States, based in Ojai, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1988, 38 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, The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.1m (+37%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 697%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Earthgen ($2.1m), Airlie Gardens Foundation Inc ($2.1m) and Madison Environmental Resourcing Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $123k (5.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $25.9m against liabilities of $570k, net assets of $25.3m. It reported 19 employees.