Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory Inc

Analysis

Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sunriver, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1982, 44 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, Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory Inc reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.6m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.5m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Garden Clubs Incorporated ($1.5m), McDowell Sonoran Conservancy ($1.5m) and Coastal Community Resilience Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 46% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $914k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $98k, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 45 employees.