Alliance for California Traditional Arts

Analysis

Alliance for California Traditional Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Fresno, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Alliance for California Traditional Arts reported income of $7.9m and spending of $2.3m, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $7.9m (+141%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Alliance for California Traditional Arts sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Telugu Association of North America Incorporated ($7.9m), Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation ($7.9m) and The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Inc ($7.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $148k (6.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $951k. At year end it held assets of $9.3m against liabilities of $733k, net assets of $8.6m. It reported 54 employees.