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Environment & Animals · 2023 Form 990

Sonoma Land Trust: $16.5M Revenue, $7.4M Expenses

Santa Rosa, California · EIN 510197006 · Filing year 2023

Sonoma Land Trust reported $16.5M in total revenue, $7.4M in total expenses, and $55.8M in total assets on its 2023 IRS Form 990. Total compensation for current officers and key employees was $438K (2.66% of revenue). NonprofitTruth efficiency grade: B (68/100).

Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — IRS Form 990 filings, filing year 2023.

Reviewed by NonprofitTruth Editorial Team · Updated
B
Efficiency Score
68/100

Key Facts (2023 Form 990)

Total Revenue
$16.5M
Total Expenses
$7.4M
Total Assets
$55.8M
Reserve Months
90.5 months
Surplus / (Deficit)
$9.1M
EIN
510197006
Latest 990 Year
2023
Current-Officer Compensation
$438K
Officer Comp % of Revenue
2.66%

Sonoma Land Trust grades a B on the NonprofitTruth efficiency rubric. 68/100 on the composite — above the national median, with strong performance on some factors balanced by middling performance on others.

Sonoma Land Trust reported $16.5M in 2023 revenue — a mid-sized nonprofit by U.S. standards. Organizations in this bracket typically operate with a small permanent staff, project-based program structures, and modest reserves. On the financial-health factor, Sonoma Land Trust runs thin — assets relative to annual spending fall below the cushion nonprofit-finance experts typically recommend.

Five-year revenue trajectory is strongly positive: Sonoma Land Trust has grown materially in real terms, which usually signals successful fundraising and program expansion. Compensation for current officers and key employees runs $437,763 against $16.5M in revenue — within the band third-party charity raters typically consider reasonable for an organization of this size and complexity. This is an aggregate across all listed officers, not a single executive's salary. Sonoma Land Trust works in Environment & Animals — environmental, conservation, animal-welfare, and natural-resources programs. The sector spans large international conservation groups and small local land trusts; the financial profile varies accordingly.


$16.5M
Revenue
$7.4M
Expenses
$55.8M
Total Assets
$438K
Officer Compensation

How Sonoma Land Trust Compares

Sonoma Land Trust earns a NonprofitTruth efficiency grade of B (68/100). That is 5 points above the Environment & Animals category average. Compensation for current officers and key employees represents 2.66% of total revenue. The organization holds 90.5 months of operating reserves, indicating strong financial cushion.

Financials

990 Financial Snapshot

$7.4M
Total Expenses
Filing year 2023
$438K
Officer Compensation
2.66% of revenue
90.5 mo
Reserve Months
of expenses in assets

Based on IRS tax-exempt organization data, Sonoma Land Trust reported $16.5M in revenue against $7.4M in total functional expenses for filing year 2023, holding roughly 90.5 months of operating reserves. A program-vs-overhead split is not shown here because total program service expenses (Form 990 Part IX, line 25, column B) are not available in the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed this site ingests; that breakdown can be read directly from the organization’s e-filed 990.

The 990 reports $438K in total compensation for current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees (Part IX, line 5) — 2.66% of total revenue. This is an aggregate across all listed officers; per-person amounts appear on Schedule J.

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Sonoma Land Trust has a NonprofitTruth Efficiency Score of B (68/100), a financial-structure summary based on operating reserves, multi-year revenue consistency, and officer compensation relative to revenue — all drawn from the organization's IRS Form 990.

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Sonoma Land Trust has a NonprofitTruth Efficiency Score of B (68/100), a financial-structure summary based on operating reserves, multi-year revenue consistency, and officer compensation relative to revenue — all drawn from the organization's IRS Form 990.

Sonoma Land Trust reports $438K in total compensation for current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees (IRS Form 990 Part IX, line 5), representing 2.66% of the organization's $16.5M in annual revenue. This is an aggregate figure for all listed officers, not a single executive's salary; per-person pay is detailed on Schedule J of the 990.

Sonoma Land Trust reported $16.5M in annual revenue and $7.4M in total expenses for filing year 2023. The organization holds $55.8M in total assets.

Sonoma Land Trust holds approximately 90.5 months of operating reserves (total assets relative to annual expenses) based on its 2023 IRS Form 990, one input into its B efficiency grade.

Sonoma Land Trust is a registered 501(c) organization with EIN 510197006, based in Santa Rosa, California. Financial data is sourced from publicly available IRS 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Sources: IRS 990 Filings, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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Financial data is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. The Efficiency Score combines three signals the 990 feed actually reports: financial health / operating reserves (40%), multi-year revenue consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%). It does not include a program-spending ratio, because total program service expenses are not exposed by the ProPublica feed; no program ratio is estimated. Filing data may lag 6-18 months from the tax year.