Enlighten Culture and Education Foundation

Analysis

Enlighten Culture and Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Gatos, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 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, Enlighten Culture and Education Foundation reported income of $685k and spending of $507k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $770k to $685k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Enlighten Culture and Education Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thronateeska Heritage Foundation Inc ($685k), Summer Theatre of New Canaan Inc ($685k) and Allen Co Ft Wayne Historical Society Inc ($685k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $88k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $725k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 2 employees.