Tucson Desert Song Festival

Analysis

Tucson Desert Song Festival is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucson, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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 June 2024, Tucson Desert Song Festival reported income of $346k and spending of $291k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from March 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $357k to $346k (-3.1%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 379%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Tucson Desert Song Festival sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Connecticut Womens Hall of Fame Inc ($346k), Mountain Top Childrens Museum Inc ($346k) and Florida Film Institute Inc ($346k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $796k against liabilities of $268, net assets of $796k.