Crested Butte Land Trust

Analysis

Crested Butte Land Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Crested Butte, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1992, 34 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 June 2024, Crested Butte Land Trust reported income of $1.5m and spending of $954k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $2.6m to $1.5m (-40%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Crested Butte Land Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sierra Streams Institute ($1.5m), Southern Waste Information Exchange Inc ($1.6m) and Heart of the Rockies Initiative ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $412k. At year end it held assets of $17.1m against liabilities of $228k, net assets of $16.9m. It reported 8 employees.