Nature Rights Council

Analysis

Nature Rights Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Arcata, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Nature Rights Council reported income of $77k and spending of $90k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $124k to $77k (-38%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Nature Rights Council sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bluebirds Hope Inc ($77k), Telugu Associaton of Memphis Inc ($77k) and CMG Global Foundation Corp ($77k).

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 $25k against liabilities of $4,728, net assets of $21k.