Ballona Wetlands Conservancy

Analysis

Ballona Wetlands Conservancy is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2004, 22 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, Ballona Wetlands Conservancy reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $672k to $1.1m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ballona Wetlands Conservancy 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 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cook Inletkeeper ($1.1m), Sustainable Warehouse ($1.1m) and Nature for All ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $349k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $349k.