Cyt San Diego

Analysis

Cyt San Diego is a registered charity in United States, based in Santee, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2013, 13 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 2023, Cyt San Diego reported income of $591k and spending of $873k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.0m to $591k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cyt San Diego sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Theater Northwest ($591k), Monta Vista High School Music Boosters ($592k) and Music of Remembrance ($591k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 45% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $133k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $212k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $46k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 28 employees.