Donner Summit Association

Analysis

Donner Summit Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Soda Springs, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2007, 19 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 May 2024, Donner Summit Association reported income of $90k and spending of $35k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2024, income fell from $261k to $90k (-66%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Donner Summit Association sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Amargosa Basin ($90k), Mill River Wetland Committee Inc ($90k) and Master Gardener Association of Fresno County ($90k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $188k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $188k.