Chumash Museum and Cultural Education Foundation

Analysis

Chumash Museum and Cultural Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Ynez, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 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, Chumash Museum and Cultural Education Foundation reported income of $242k and spending of $135k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $655k to $242k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1500%. Over the whole period it spent 11% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Chumash Museum and Cultural Education Foundation 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 58th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cape Fear Museum Associates Inc ($242k), New York State Theatre Education Association Inc ($242k) and Cave Research Foundation Inc ($242k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.5m.