Ah Haa School for the Arts

Analysis

Ah Haa School for the Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Telluride, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1991, 35 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Ah Haa School for the Arts reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.0m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.1m to $3.1m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Ah Haa School for the Arts sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center Inc ($3.1m), Encore Living Group Inc ($3.1m) and Blue Mountain Heart to Heart ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $939k. At year end it held assets of $13.8m against liabilities of $887k, net assets of $12.9m. It reported 47 employees.