Seeds Wilderness Way

Analysis

Seeds Wilderness Way is a registered charity in United States, based in Montrose, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Seeds Wilderness Way reported income of $191k and spending of $178k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $432k to $191k (-56%), an average of -56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Seeds Wilderness Way sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include I Am Herd ($191k), Soci of St Vincent de Paul St John Evang Conference of Vancouver ($191k) and Society of St Vincent Depaul Dist Council of Western North Dakota ($191k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $39k. It paid $98 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $20k against liabilities of $1,393, net assets of $19k. It reported 15 employees.