Lighthouse Artcenter Inc

Analysis

Lighthouse Artcenter Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jupiter, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1969, 57 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 2023, Lighthouse Artcenter Inc reported income of $2.0m and spending of $2.0m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $2.6m to $2.0m (-24%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lighthouse Artcenter Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seacoast Science Center Inc ($2.0m), Yocum Institute for Arts Education Inc ($2.0m) and Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 29% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $732k. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $2.3m, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 13 employees.