Headwaters Alliance

Analysis

Headwaters Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Creede, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2017, 9 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, Headwaters Alliance reported income of $133k and spending of $163k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $277k to $133k (-52%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Headwaters Alliance sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition ($133k), California Society for Ecological Restoration ($133k) and Dodge County Farmers HSHW Inc ($133k).

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 $20k against liabilities of $817, net assets of $19k.