Essex County Arts Council Inc

Analysis

Essex County Arts Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Westport, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1985, 41 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, Essex County Arts Council Inc reported income of $61k and spending of $64k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $73k to $61k (-16%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Essex County Arts Council Inc sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chicago Praise Ministries ($61k), Bands of the Villages Inc ($61k) and The Ghent Playhouse Inc ($61k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $61k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $61k.