Girls Rock Campaign Boston

Analysis

Girls Rock Campaign Boston is a registered charity in United States, based in Jamaica Plain, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Girls Rock Campaign Boston reported income of $195k and spending of $251k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $212k to $195k (-8.0%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Girls Rock Campaign Boston sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 57th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beaufort Art Association ($195k), Ghostlight Productions Inc ($195k) and Bandit Theater ($195k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 38% of the total. At year end it held assets of $76k against liabilities of $3,209, net assets of $73k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.