The Forest Stewards Guild

Analysis

The Forest Stewards Guild is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Fe, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, The Forest Stewards Guild reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $3.1m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Forest Stewards Guild sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Houston Wildcatters Youth Sports ($3.1m), Houston Texans Foundation ($3.1m) and Boys and Girls Club of North County ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 7.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (3.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $481k, net assets of $877k. It reported 79 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.