Descendants of the Earth

Analysis

Descendants of the Earth is a registered charity in United States, based in Ventura, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Descendants of the Earth reported income of $151k and spending of $158k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $235k to $151k (-36%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Descendants of the Earth sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crawfordsville Main Street Program Inc ($151k), On This Spot NYC Inc ($151k) and Historic Polegreen Church Foundation ($151k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $415k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $415k.