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Screen a listCottonwood Institute
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$780krevenue
FY2025 · +17% in 3 yrs24staff
6 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−5.5%
Months of reserve6.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+15.6%
Middle half of peersMedianCottonwood Institute
Where the money goes FY2025 · $823k spent
Programs$692k84%Management and general$61k7%Fundraising$70k9%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$8k in FY2023, −$36k in FY2024 and −$43k in FY2025. Cash covers 6.2 months, under the peer median of 8.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 16% a year since FY2020, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort38funders
$202ka year, last 3 years
22%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Thorne Ecological InstituteEvery year since FY2017$43k$56k$58k$16k$37k$23k$58kThe Ladd FoundationStopped after FY2021$25k$25k$15k$5k$5k–LARRK FoundationOn and off$10k$15k$15k$15k$15kMighty Arrow Family FoundationStopped after FY2019$25k$25k–PatagoniaorgOn and off$6k$12k$10k$15kXcel Energy FoundationSince FY2021$10k$15k$15kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$58k$45k$41k$132k$111k$55k$87k16 other fundersUp to $20k a year each$6k$5k$8k$29k$52k$53k$31k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped