Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship

Analysis

Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 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 December 2023, Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $889k to $2.7m (+201%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 250%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council ($2.7m), Environmental Health Watch Inc ($2.7m) and Georgia Organics Inc ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $208k (8.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $202k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 30 employees.