Sitar Arts Center

Analysis

Sitar Arts Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1998, 28 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 June 2023, Sitar Arts Center reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $3.5m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sitar Arts Center sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riverbank Youth Theatre ($3.5m), Carriage Town Ministries ($3.5m) and Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 2.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $247k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $12.4m against liabilities of $3.0m, net assets of $9.4m. It reported 86 employees.