Arts-Us

Analysis

Arts-Us is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2024, 2 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Arts-Us reported income of $184k and spending of $153k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2022, income fell from $321k to $184k (-43%), an average of -42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Arts-Us sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Agricultural History Project ($184k), Soul Food Cypher Inc ($184k) and Historic Society of Kent County Maryland Inc ($184k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 45% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $7,000 (4.6% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $111k against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $90k.