Dakota West Arts Council Inc

Analysis

Dakota West Arts Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bismarck, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1980, 46 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 June 2023, Dakota West Arts Council Inc reported income of $92k and spending of $55k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $187k to $92k (-51%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Dakota West Arts Council Inc sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundry Theater Inc ($92k), African American Cultural and Genealogical Society of Illinois ($92k) and Filipino American Association of Pensacola Inc ($92k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 7.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $104k against liabilities of $1,630, net assets of $102k.