South Coast Community Media Access Center

Analysis

South Coast Community Media Access Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2003, 23 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, South Coast Community Media Access Center reported income of $602k and spending of $640k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $546k to $602k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, South Coast Community Media Access Center sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Souls Grown Deep Foundation Inc ($602k), Community Access Television for Malden Inc ($602k) and Aiken Center for the Arts Inc ($602k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $97k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $179k. At year end it held assets of $467k against liabilities of $252k, net assets of $215k. It reported 11 employees.