The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Tiburon, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1984, 42 years ago. 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, The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust reported income of $660k and spending of $245k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $560k to $660k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Palmer Emergency Food and Community Services Inc ($660k), St Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology ($660k) and Nycxd Inc ($660k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $4.1m.