Sunflower Rod and Custom Association

Analysis

Sunflower Rod and Custom Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Great Bend, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 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, Sunflower Rod and Custom Association reported income of $108k and spending of $81k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $287k to $108k (-62%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sunflower Rod and Custom Association sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Arts Minnesota ($108k), Friends of Argentine Tango Inc ($108k) and Arlington Historical Society Inc ($108k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $280k against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $250k.