Pacific Horticulture Society

Analysis

Pacific Horticulture Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Pacific Horticulture Society reported income of $157k and spending of $220k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $200k to $157k (-22%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Pacific Horticulture Society sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foresight Design Initiative Inc ($157k), Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri ($157k) and Lamprey River Wateshed Association ($157k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 32% and program service revenue 68% of the total. At year end it held assets of $103k against liabilities of $168, net assets of $103k.