Creative Arts Guild Incorporated

Analysis

Creative Arts Guild Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Dalton, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1965, 61 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 2024, Creative Arts Guild Incorporated reported income of $923k and spending of $865k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $1.0m to $923k (-11%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 30%. 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, Creative Arts Guild Incorporated sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc ($923k), Friends of WRR ($924k) and Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc ($923k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 37% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $75k (8.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $370k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $193k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 13 employees.