The Arts Campus at Willits

Analysis

The Arts Campus at Willits is a registered charity in United States, based in Basalt, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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, The Arts Campus at Willits reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.2m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.7m (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Arts Campus at Willits sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pacific Chorale ($2.7m), Creative Arkansas Community and Exchange Inc Cache ($2.7m) and Battery Conservancy Inc ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $204k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $538k. At year end it held assets of $9.5m against liabilities of $4.0m, net assets of $5.4m. It reported 42 employees.