Wilderness Institute

Analysis

Wilderness Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in LA Mesa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2014, 12 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 September 2023, Wilderness Institute reported income of $141k and spending of $124k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from September 2022 to September 2023, income grew from $76k to $141k (+84%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Wilderness Institute sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Shipley Nature Center ($140k), International Society of Limnology Societas Internationalis Limnologi ($141k) and Brant Lake Foundation Inc ($140k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $56k against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $43k.