San Francisco Early Music Society

Analysis

San Francisco Early Music Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1976, 50 years ago. 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 August 2023, San Francisco Early Music Society reported income of $781k and spending of $606k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $589k to $781k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, San Francisco Early Music Society sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centro Asturiano de Tampa Inc ($781k), Filling Home Foundation ($782k) and National Society of the Children of the American Revolution ($781k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% and program service revenue 36% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $222k. At year end it held assets of $560k against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $530k. It reported 5 employees.