Greenspace the Cambria Land Trust

Analysis

Greenspace the Cambria Land Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Cambria, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Greenspace the Cambria Land Trust reported income of $272k and spending of $162k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $130k to $272k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Greenspace the Cambria Land Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Plumas Wilderness ($272k), High Plains Foundation ($273k) and Ecocity Builders ($272k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $66k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $63k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 2 employees.