Fire Mountains Art Council

Analysis

Fire Mountains Art Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Morton, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 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, Fire Mountains Art Council reported income of $195k and spending of $220k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $137k to $195k (+42%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Fire Mountains Art Council sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra ($195k), Digs Chicago ($195k) and Reparations Media NFP ($195k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 52% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $49k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $480k, net assets of $969k. It reported 16 employees.