Wilderness Land Trust

Analysis

Wilderness Land Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Helena, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1997, 29 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 2023, Wilderness Land Trust reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.4m, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $944k to $1.0m (+7.7%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Wilderness Land Trust 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 81st percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Forest Park Conservancy ($1.0m), Boreal Songbird Initiative ($1.0m) and Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $435k. At year end it held assets of $10.5m against liabilities of $7.3m, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 8 employees.