Central Coast State Parks Association

Analysis

Central Coast State Parks Association is a registered charity in United States, based in SN Luis Obisp, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1996, 30 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, Central Coast State Parks Association reported income of $552k and spending of $744k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $336k to $552k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Central Coast State Parks Association sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trilogy Cultural Arts Centre ($552k), Central Chinese High School in America ($552k) and Rochester Contemporary Art Center Inc ($552k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% and program service revenue 8.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $313k. At year end it held assets of $344k against liabilities of $156k, net assets of $188k.