Center for a Public Anthropology

Analysis

Center for a Public Anthropology is a registered charity in United States, based in Kailua, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, 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, Center for a Public Anthropology reported income of $59k and spending of $107k, spending 183% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $91k to $59k (-35%), an average of -35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Center for a Public Anthropology sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include August Wilson Society ($59k), Virginia Stage Foundation ($59k) and Pondera Arts Council ($59k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $44k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $44k.