Westside Community School of the Arts

Analysis

Westside Community School of the Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Parma, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Westside Community School of the Arts reported income of $3.2m and spending of $2.4m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $3.6m to $3.2m (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Westside Community School of the Arts 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 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Austin Special Chicago ($3.2m), Florida State University Alumni Association ($3.2m) and Education Foundation of Sarasota Co Unty Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $4.6m, net assets of $371k. It reported 46 employees.