Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation

Analysis

Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Twisp, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.0m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Laguna Canyon Foundation ($2.0m), Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund ($2.0m) and Canaan Valley Institute Inc ($2.0m).

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 $4.4m against liabilities of $163k, net assets of $4.2m.