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LA Mesa Arts Foundation Inc

RegisteredEIN 47-2441723LA Mesa, CAEducation and training
Income$117k2024-06
Spending$99ksame year
Spent / received78%4-year average
Size in its cause43rd pctEducation and training
Exempt since2015Publicly supported organisat
Employees–latest return

Analysis

LA Mesa Arts Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in LA Mesa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 June 2024, LA Mesa Arts Foundation Inc reported income of $117k and spending of $99k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2024, income fell from $190k to $117k (-38%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, LA Mesa Arts Foundation Inc sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Devoted Parents Association Sacred Heart School ($117k), Wlala Foundation ($117k) and Birdville United Band Boosters ($117k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 44% of the total. At year end it held assets of $236k against liabilities of $1,390, net assets of $235k.

Income and spending

$0$61k$121k$182k$243k2021 Income: $190,1532021 Spending: $242,93120212022 Income: $210,5372022 Spending: $99,50220222023 Income: $114,1252023 Spending: $49,39920232024 Income: $117,0912024 Spending: $98,8832024
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 37%
  • Program services 44%
  • Other 19%

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