Orange County Current Affairs Forum

Analysis

Orange County Current Affairs Forum is a registered charity in United States, based in Orange, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1995, 31 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, Orange County Current Affairs Forum reported income of $216k and spending of $220k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $129k to $216k (+67%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Orange County Current Affairs Forum sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Museum Association of the American Frontier ($216k), Los Angeles Korean Musicians Association ($216k) and Onstage Playhouse Inc ($216k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 51% of the total. At year end it held assets of $122k against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $103k.