Cultural Alliance of York County

Analysis

Cultural Alliance of York County is a registered charity in United States, based in York, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2000, 26 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cultural Alliance of York County reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.5m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.7m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 35%. 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, Cultural Alliance of York County sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bronx Arts Ensemble Inc ($1.7m), Craft Contemporary ($1.7m) and Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $111k (7.5% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $303k, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 3 employees.