Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics

Analysis

Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is a registered charity in United States, based in Boulder, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1995, 31 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, Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.9m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $2.8m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 40%. 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, Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Drive Clean Indiana Inc ($2.8m), Midcoast Conservancy ($2.8m) and Orange County Coastkeeper ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 22% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $229k (7.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 28 employees.