Scenic City Clay Arts

Analysis

Scenic City Clay Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Chattanooga, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Scenic City Clay Arts reported income of $468k and spending of $459k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $199k to $468k (+136%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Scenic City Clay Arts sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edmonds Driftwood Players ($468k), Maine Preservation ($468k) and Susquehanna Art Museum ($468k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $34k (7.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $201k. At year end it held assets of $135k against liabilities of $35k, net assets of $100k. It reported 10 employees.