Our Financials

2012 Revenue & Expenses

In 2012 Ceres changed its fiscal year end from December 31 to October 31 and we reported a 10-month year for FY2012. The pie charts indicate the percentage of various revenue sources and expenses during the 10 months.

2012 Revenue

Grants continued as our largest source of revenue, at 60 percent, with company and member fees next at 22 percent. The change in fiscal year impacted the portion from contributions.

2012 Expenses

Total Expenses:
Eighty one percent of the FY2012 expenses directly supported our four program areas.

Programmatic Expenses:
Climate and Clean Energy accounted for 29 percent of all programmatic expenses with Water, our fastest growing program, at 10 percent.

Total unrestricted reserves at October 31, 2012 were $2.3 million, providing Ceres a buffer in the event of an economic downturn.

For more information about our work and financials, see our annual reports, audited financial reports, and Form 990 filings (in the right column of this page).