Shirley Plantation Foundation

Analysis

Shirley Plantation Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Charles City, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2010, 16 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, Shirley Plantation Foundation reported income of $131k and spending of $123k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $248k to $131k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 233%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Shirley Plantation Foundation sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Sky Arts Collective ($131k), Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum Inc ($131k) and Community Revitalization Alliance Inc ($131k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $49k. At year end it held assets of $75k against liabilities of $113k, net assets of -$38k. It reported 6 employees.