Adams County Arts Council

Analysis

Adams County Arts Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Gettysburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1994, 32 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, Adams County Arts Council reported income of $779k and spending of $718k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $645k to $779k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 81%. 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, Adams County Arts Council sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music in the Mountains ($779k), The Bosque Arts Center ($779k) and American Institute of Musical Studies Fund ($779k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $70k (9.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $185k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $444k. It reported 8 employees.