Santa Monica Mountains Fund

Analysis

Santa Monica Mountains Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Westlake VLG, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1989, 37 years ago. 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, Santa Monica Mountains Fund reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.4m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Santa Monica Mountains Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include LA Raza Centro Legal-San Francisco ($2.4m), Simmons Center Foundation ($2.4m) and Brickton Montessori School ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.3m (63% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $209k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 82 employees.