Smith River Watershed Council

Analysis

Smith River Watershed Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Reedsport, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2006, 20 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, Smith River Watershed Council reported income of $1.0m and spending of $943k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $508k to $1.0m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 338%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Smith River Watershed Council sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Scrap Inc ($1.0m), Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition ($1.0m) and Friends of the Mountains to Sea ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $122k. At year end it held assets of $109k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $109k. It reported 4 employees.