Dirt Palace Public Projects

Analysis

Dirt Palace Public Projects is a registered charity in United States, based in Providence, RI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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, Dirt Palace Public Projects reported income of $861k and spending of $542k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $457k to $861k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Dirt Palace Public Projects sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within RI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Underwater Explorers Inc ($860k), Odessa Council for the Arts & Humanities ($861k) and The in Series Inc ($860k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $90k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7,900. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $280k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 4 employees.