West African Community Center

Analysis

West African Community Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2012, 14 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, West African Community Center reported income of $316k and spending of $145k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $200k to $316k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, West African Community Center sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Valley Arts Council ($316k), Able - Artists Breaking Limits & Expectations ($316k) and The Friends of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum ($316k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $33k. At year end it held assets of $983k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $983k.