The Wilderness Technology Alliance

Analysis

The Wilderness Technology Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Silver Spring, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, The Wilderness Technology Alliance reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.2m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $406k to $1.3m (+215%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Wilderness Technology Alliance 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 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orchard Friends School a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation ($1.3m), Literary Council of North America Inc ($1.3m) and Brookwood School ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 8.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $147k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $615k. At year end it held assets of $549k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $534k. It reported 17 employees.