The Center for Systems Awareness Inc

Analysis

The Center for Systems Awareness Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in North Andover, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1997, 29 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, The Center for Systems Awareness Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $2.4m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Center for Systems Awareness Inc 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 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arts Council for Monterey County ($2.4m), Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Inc ($2.4m) and Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 88% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $164k. At year end it held assets of $920k against liabilities of $516k, net assets of $404k. It reported 5 employees.