California Water Data Consortium

Analysis

California Water Data Consortium is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, California Water Data Consortium reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.3m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $811k to $1.0m (+27%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, California Water Data Consortium sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Koresh Dance Company ($1.0m), Randall Museum Friends ($1.0m) and Natl Assoc for Research in Science Teaching the Univ of Calgary Narst ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $349k (28% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $86k. At year end it held assets of $849k against liabilities of $255k, net assets of $594k. It reported 3 employees.