Living Observatory Inc

Analysis

Living Observatory Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Plymouth, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 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, Living Observatory Inc reported income of $121k and spending of $143k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $238k to $121k (-49%), an average of -49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Living Observatory Inc sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 48th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Palm Beach Inc ($121k), Society for Conservation Gis Inc ($121k) and Dumond Conservancy for Primates & Tropical Forest Inc ($121k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $40k against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $25k.