Northern California Resource Center

Analysis

Northern California Resource Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Jones, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 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, Northern California Resource Center reported income of $2.2m and spending of $2.3m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.2m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Northern California Resource Center sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sconset Trust Inc ($2.2m), Ogallala Land and Water Conservancy ($2.2m) and New Space New Mexico ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.2% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $159k (6.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $896k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of -$1.0m. It reported 38 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.