En Garde Arts Inc

Analysis

En Garde Arts Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 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, En Garde Arts Inc reported income of $412k and spending of $507k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $507k to $412k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, En Garde Arts Inc sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ephraim Historical Foundation Inc ($412k), Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree Inc ($412k) and Richard Tucker Music Foundation Inc ($412k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 2.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $74k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $231k. At year end it held assets of $395k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $379k. It reported 44 employees.