Appalachian Underground Corrosion Short Course

Analysis

Appalachian Underground Corrosion Short Course is a registered charity in United States, based in Morgantown, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, 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, Appalachian Underground Corrosion Short Course reported income of $279k and spending of $257k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from October 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $243k to $279k (+15%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 999%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Appalachian Underground Corrosion Short Course sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Human Connections ($279k), Salvation Wild Mustang Sanctuary ($279k) and Carnegie Hall Foundation Inc ($279k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $516k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $516k.