Cayucos Land Conservancy

Analysis

Cayucos Land Conservancy is a registered charity in United States, based in Cayucos, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1999, 27 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, Cayucos Land Conservancy reported income of $227k and spending of $46k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $298k to $227k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 22% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cayucos Land Conservancy 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 56th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Werkin Outdoors ($226k), Baywork ($227k) and Friends of San Damiano Inc ($226k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.6m.