California Wine Education Foundation

Analysis

California Wine Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lodi, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2000, 26 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 2024, California Wine Education Foundation reported income of $416k and spending of $328k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income fell from $589k to $416k (-29%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, California Wine Education Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rehoboth Beach Film Society ($416k), National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution ($417k) and Hudson Review Inc ($416k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% of the total. At year end it held assets of $223k against liabilities of $167k, net assets of $56k.