The Lands Council

Analysis

The Lands Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Spokane, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1989, 37 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 December 2023, The Lands Council reported income of $883k and spending of $692k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $582k to $883k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Lands Council sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Siskiyou Mountain Club ($882k), Hudson Garden Club ($883k) and Ala Tom Resource Conservation and Development Area Sponsor Orgn ($881k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $359k. It paid $9,251 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $232k against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $211k. It reported 14 employees.