Arab American Cultural Center

Analysis

Arab American Cultural Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Ann Arbor, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Arab American Cultural Center reported income of $62k and spending of $93k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $309k to $62k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Arab American Cultural Center sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vnam Childrens Foundation ($62k), Light After Loss ($62k) and Making Kane County Fit for Kids ($62k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $994k against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of -$52k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.