World Arts Focus

Analysis

World Arts Focus is a registered charity in United States, based in Mount Rainier, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1993, 33 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 June 2024, World Arts Focus reported income of $3.0m and spending of $3.1m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.7m to $3.0m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, World Arts Focus sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wheels Through Time Museum Inc ($3.0m), El Museo Latino ($3.0m) and Orlando Museum of Art Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $94k (3.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $757k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 39 employees.