Jansen Art Center

Analysis

Jansen Art Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Lynden, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 (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, Jansen Art Center reported income of $615k and spending of $728k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $623k to $615k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Jansen Art Center sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rair Inc ($615k), National Labor College ($615k) and Art Barn Community Theater Inc ($615k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 46% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $108k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $225k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $107k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 14 employees.