Braddock Carnegie Library Association

Analysis

Braddock Carnegie Library Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Braddock, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1978, 48 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, Braddock Carnegie Library Association reported income of $5.2m and spending of $966k, leaving 81% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $664k to $5.2m (+676%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 539%. Over the whole period it spent 18% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Braddock Carnegie Library Association sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imagination Stage Inc ($5.2m), Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation ($5.2m) and Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc ($5.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $347k. At year end it held assets of $19.3m against liabilities of $477k, net assets of $18.8m. It reported 13 employees.