Occidental Center for the Arts

Analysis

Occidental Center for the Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Occidental, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 (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, Occidental Center for the Arts reported income of $385k and spending of $342k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $426k to $385k (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Occidental Center for the Arts sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include LA Crosse Performing Arts Center Inc ($385k), Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc ($385k) and Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc ($385k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 40% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m.