Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership

Analysis

Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 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 June 2023, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership reported income of $8.0m and spending of $8.3m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $4.0m to $8.0m (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sevier Solid Waste Inc ($8.0m), New Ecology Inc ($8.0m) and Appalachia Ohio Alliance ($8.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $286k (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $6.6m against liabilities of $2.9m, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 37 employees.