Columbia Springs

Analysis

Columbia Springs is a registered charity in United States, based in Vancouver, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 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, Columbia Springs reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $576k to $2.8m (+384%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Columbia Springs sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Playa Lakes Joint Venture ($2.8m), New Mexico Wilderness Alliance ($2.8m) and Red Cloud Renewable ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.9% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $415k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 13 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.