Sitka Conservation Society

Analysis

Sitka Conservation Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Sitka, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1995, 31 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, Sitka Conservation Society reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.7m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $790k to $2.1m (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sitka Conservation Society sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CT Energy Efficiency Finance Company ($2.1m), Cal-Wood Education Center ($2.1m) and David Brower Center ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $788k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $82k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 20 employees.