California Forest Conservation Foundation

Analysis

California Forest Conservation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2022, 4 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, California Forest Conservation Foundation reported income of $60k and spending of $13k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $152k to $60k (-60%), an average of -60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 6.6% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, California Forest Conservation Foundation sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dirty Freehub ($60k), Rock Creek Alliance Inc ($60k) and Friends of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Dagny Johnson ($60k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $198k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $198k.