California Urban Forests Council

Analysis

California Urban Forests Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Laguna Beach, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, California Urban Forests Council reported income of $911k and spending of $903k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.3m to $911k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 43%. 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, California Urban Forests 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 79th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Food for Climate League Inc ($911k), Scraps KC Inc ($912k) and Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance ($910k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $131k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $126k. At year end it held assets of $338k against liabilities of $94k, net assets of $244k. It reported 4 employees.