Kauai Philippine Cultural Center

Analysis

Kauai Philippine Cultural Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Lihue, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 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, Kauai Philippine Cultural Center reported income of $333k and spending of $47k, leaving 86% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $567k to $333k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 674%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kauai Philippine Cultural Center sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Menomonee Falls Downtown Inc ($333k), Danbury Music Centre Inc ($333k) and Texas Public Broadcasting Association ($333k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 107% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $3,210, net assets of $3.4m.