Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc

Analysis

Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Calabasas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1988, 38 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, Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc reported income of $87.5m and spending of $78.0m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $21.3m to $87.5m (+312%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New York Botanical Garden ($87.2m), Sierra Club Foundation ($89.1m) and Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies ($81.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $455k (0.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $28.9m. At year end it held assets of $89.3m against liabilities of $6.4m, net assets of $82.9m. It reported 767 employees.