Slow Sculpture

Analysis

Slow Sculpture is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Rosa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Slow Sculpture reported income of $3.0m and spending of $2.7m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $3.0m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Slow Sculpture sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huntington Family Centers Inc ($3.0m), Tanzanian Childrens Fund Inc ($3.0m) and Brazoria County Head Start Early Learning Schools Inc ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.4% and program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $103k (3.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $573k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 57 employees.