Equity Trust Inc

Analysis

Equity Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Amherst, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1997, 29 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 December 2023, Equity Trust Inc reported income of $596k and spending of $382k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $465k to $596k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Equity Trust Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral ($596k), Norwalk Historical Society Incorporated ($596k) and Youth Philharmonic Orchestra ($596k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $63k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $63k. At year end it held assets of $6.6m against liabilities of $4.4m, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 3 employees.