California Mid-Winter Fair Heritage Foundation

Analysis

California Mid-Winter Fair Heritage Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in El Centro, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 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, California Mid-Winter Fair Heritage Foundation reported income of $560k and spending of $568k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $320k to $560k (+75%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, California Mid-Winter Fair Heritage Foundation 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 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Submarine Force Library & Museum Assoc ($560k), Jack Straw Foundation ($560k) and Wethersfield Historical Society of Wethersfield Conn Incorporated ($560k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.7% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $15k. At year end it held assets of $425k against liabilities of $6,390, net assets of $418k.