WM Symposia Inc

Analysis

WM Symposia Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Tempe, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2026. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, WM Symposia Inc reported income of $4.8m and spending of $3.7m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.5m to $4.8m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 241%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, WM Symposia Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 90th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Santa Lucia Conservancy ($4.7m), Delaware Association of Conservation Districts ($4.8m) and Metropolitan Energy Center Inc ($4.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10.0% and program service revenue 85% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $504k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $476k. At year end it held assets of $5.2m against liabilities of $268k, net assets of $4.9m. It reported 9 employees.