Bisbee Council on the Arts & Humanities

Analysis

Bisbee Council on the Arts & Humanities is a registered charity in United States, based in Bisbee, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1967, 59 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, Bisbee Council on the Arts & Humanities reported income of $300k and spending of $231k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $259k to $300k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 95%. 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, Bisbee Council on the Arts & Humanities sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 59th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Womens Air and Space Museum Inc ($300k), Flux Factory Inc ($300k) and The Harmon Museum ($300k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 59% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $70k (30% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $503k against liabilities of $48k, net assets of $455k. It reported 11 employees.