Sustainable Conservation

Analysis

Sustainable Conservation is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 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, Sustainable Conservation reported income of $5.4m and spending of $5.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $7.0m to $5.4m (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sustainable Conservation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for the National Laboratory of the Rockies ($5.4m), Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and Healthy Ene ($5.4m) and Montana Land Reliance Foundation ($5.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $591k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.5m. At year end it held assets of $7.6m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $6.2m. It reported 34 employees.