Yaak Valley Forest Council

Analysis

Yaak Valley Forest Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Troy, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (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, Yaak Valley Forest Council reported income of $474k and spending of $422k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $379k to $474k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Yaak Valley Forest Council sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Highwood Public Library ($474k), Fountain Creek Watershed Inc ($474k) and Eastern Environmental Law Center Inc ($474k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $49k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $209k. At year end it held assets of $186k against liabilities of $6,795, net assets of $179k. It reported 9 employees.