Walking Iris Media

Analysis

Walking Iris Media is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2011, 15 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, Walking Iris Media reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $432k to $1.9m (+330%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 250%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Walking Iris Media sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include True West Film Center ($1.9m), Public Risk Management Assn Inc ($1.9m) and Photographic Society of America ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 4.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $36k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $645k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $9,064, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 4 employees.