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Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 04-6149986 · Environment · tax-exempt since 1967

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 65.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended July 2025.

Graded against 1,852 environment nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.18.3 months77
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.90% of practices90
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.11
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.88% from one source48
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.89.5%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.2%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.13not scored

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Year by year

201620172018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jul 2025Form 990$24.17M$28.60M−$4.43M$43.68M18.3177C
Jul 2024Form 990$41.60M$26.56M$15.03M$47.20M21.3158C
Jul 2023Form 990$16.53M$21.26M−$4.73M$30.26M17.1140C
Jul 2022Form 990$28.63M$18.01M$10.62M$33.66M22.4122B
Jul 2021Form 990$23.30M$16.00M$7.30M$33.40M25.0113C
Jul 2020Form 990$13.82M$15.55M−$1.72M$23.03M17.899B
Jul 2018Form 990$17.50M$11.39M$6.12M$26.74M28.284C
Jul 2017Form 990$11.34M$9.44M$1.90M$19.72M25.177C
Jul 2016Form 990$8.23M$8.74M−$516K$16.84M23.166C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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