Mechanicsburg Art Center

Analysis

Mechanicsburg Art Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Mechanicsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1973, 53 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, Mechanicsburg Art Center reported income of $189k and spending of $162k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $163k to $189k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Mechanicsburg Art Center sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Ebeys Landing National Historical Reserve ($189k), Ives Torres Foundation ($189k) and Sacred Heart Area Historical Society ($189k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $110k against liabilities of $89k, net assets of $21k.