Arts Empowering Life Inc

Analysis

Arts Empowering Life Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Orleans, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1988, 38 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, Arts Empowering Life Inc reported income of $672k and spending of $624k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $672k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Arts Empowering Life Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fiasco Theater ($671k), Dance It Forward ($672k) and Texas Museums & Halls of Fame ($671k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 8.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $98k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $302k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 5 employees.