Museum of Northern California Art

Analysis

Museum of Northern California Art is a registered charity in United States, based in Chico, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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, Museum of Northern California Art reported income of $239k and spending of $135k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $189k to $239k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Museum of Northern California Art sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garnerville Arts Project Inc ($239k), Shenandoah Valley Art Center Inc ($239k) and Committee for a Better New Orleans ($239k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 24% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $3,370, net assets of $1.1m.