C O L Foundation

Analysis

C O L Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lakewood, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending March 2024, C O L Foundation reported income of $1.3m and spending of $421k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income grew from $436k to $1.3m (+195%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2021, when income rose by 309%. Over the whole period it spent 15% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, C O L Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hudson Carbon Research Foundation Inc ($1.3m), San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory ($1.3m) and Asset Network for Educationworldwide Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $13.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $13.3m.