Shelby County Arts Council

Analysis

Shelby County Arts Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbiana, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2005, 21 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, Shelby County Arts Council reported income of $557k and spending of $837k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.3m to $557k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Shelby County Arts Council sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 75th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center ($557k), Preservation Austin ($557k) and Donauschwabens German American Cultural Center Inc ($557k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 52% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $149k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 5 employees.