Western Watersheds Project Inc

Analysis

Western Watersheds Project Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hailey, ID. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1994, 32 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, Western Watersheds Project Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $1.7m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Western Watersheds Project Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within ID. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ecosphere Restoration Institute Inc ($1.7m), New Jersey League of Conservation Voters Education Fund ($1.7m) and Mississippi Land Trust ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $99k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $931k. At year end it held assets of $764k against liabilities of $6,213, net assets of $758k. It reported 20 employees.