Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center

Analysis

Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Mill City, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1990, 36 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, Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.2m (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 312%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tulsa Garden Center Inc ($1.2m), Geneva Lake Conservancy Inc ($1.2m) and Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 46% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (7.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $572k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $54k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 43 employees.