San Benito County Arts Council

Analysis

San Benito County Arts Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Hollister, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2007, 19 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, San Benito County Arts Council reported income of $1.0m and spending of $932k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $293k to $1.0m (+247%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, San Benito County Arts Council sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holmes Center for the Arts Ltd ($1.0m), Homer Society of Natural History Inc ($1.0m) and Centro Multicultural LA Familia Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 64% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $97k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $502k. At year end it held assets of $595k against liabilities of $39k, net assets of $556k. It reported 16 employees.