Mountains Restoration Trust

Analysis

Mountains Restoration Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Calabasas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Mountains Restoration Trust reported income of $709k and spending of $735k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.6m to $709k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 241%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Mountains Restoration Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Anthro Events Inc ($709k), Literary and Prologue Society of the Southwest ($709k) and Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society ($709k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 33% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $256k. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $998k, net assets of $4.1m.