Lower Nehalem Watershed Council

Analysis

Lower Nehalem Watershed Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Nehalem, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1998, 28 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, Lower Nehalem Watershed Council reported income of $1.3m and spending of $237k, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $403k to $1.3m (+226%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 345%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Lower Nehalem Watershed Council sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riverbend Environmental Education Center Inc ($1.3m), Wild Bear Nature Center ($1.3m) and Local Motion Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $73k (31% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 1 employees.