Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial

Analysis

Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial is a registered charity in United States, based in Las Vegas, NV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2004, 22 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, Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $2.0m to $1.9m (-4.3%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial 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 NV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Art Culture and Entertainment Inc ($1.9m), Organization for Human Brain Mapping Inc ($1.9m) and The Center for Craft Creativity & Design Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $7.1m against liabilities of $466k, net assets of $6.6m.