Artist Advocacy Foundation Inc

Analysis

Artist Advocacy Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Ynez, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2009, 17 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, Artist Advocacy Foundation Inc reported income of $134k and spending of $98k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $109k to $134k (+23%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Artist Advocacy Foundation Inc sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Design FC Inc ($134k), Enloe Arts Guild Inc ($134k) and African Grove Institute for the Arts Inc ($134k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $62k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $62k.