P a S T Foundation

Analysis

P a S T Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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, P a S T Foundation reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.6m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $3.4m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, P a S T Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North America Telugu Society Inc ($3.4m), LA Femme Theatre Productions Inc ($3.5m) and The Mobile Museum of Art Inc ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 55% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.2m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of $3.4m.