The Community Ecology Institute

Analysis

The Community Ecology Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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, The Community Ecology Institute reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $401k to $1.2m (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Community Ecology Institute sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Art & Education ($1.2m), Yeshiva of Great Neck Inc ($1.2m) and Waterford at St Luke ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 22% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $105k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $384k. It paid $1,690 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $345k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 23 employees.