Pajarito Environmental Education Center

Analysis

Pajarito Environmental Education Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Alamos, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2001, 25 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, Pajarito Environmental Education Center reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $721k to $1.0m (+43%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Pajarito Environmental Education Center 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 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision Project ($1.0m), Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn Inc ($1.0m) and Illinois River Watershed PTR ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% and program service revenue 8.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $476k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $95k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 12 employees.