The Earthfire Institute

Analysis

The Earthfire Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Driggs, ID. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 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, The Earthfire Institute reported income of $2.6m and spending of $867k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $2.6m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 390%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Earthfire Institute sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within ID. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Save the Waves Coalition ($2.6m), Gridworks Organization ($2.6m) and Ecorise Youth Innovations ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $302k. At year end it held assets of $5.9m against liabilities of $456k, net assets of $5.5m. It reported 17 employees.