Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center

Analysis

Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Urbana, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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, Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center reported income of $843k and spending of $489k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $243k to $843k (+247%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arts Council of Brazos Valley ($842k), Concord Art Association ($843k) and Remainders Creative Reuse Inc ($842k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 4.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $55k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $88k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 6 employees.