Save Mount Diablo

Analysis

Save Mount Diablo is a registered charity in United States, based in Walnut Creek, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 March 2023, Save Mount Diablo reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income grew from $437k to $3.4m (+669%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2020, when income rose by 913%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Save Mount Diablo sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Three & Two Baseball Club of Johnson County Inc ($3.4m), Long Island Swimming ($3.4m) and Maryland United FC ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $289k (8.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. It paid $35k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $24.2m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $22.6m. It reported 25 employees.