Ecology Action of the Mid Peninsula

Analysis

Ecology Action of the Mid Peninsula is a registered charity in United States, based in Willits, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Ecology Action of the Mid Peninsula reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.9m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ecology Action of the Mid Peninsula sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Empowered 4 Life Foundation ($1.9m), A Beacon of Hope Womens Center Inc ($1.9m) and Kosciusko County Shelter for Abuse Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $152k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $466k. At year end it held assets of $905k against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $891k. It reported 14 employees.