Garden District Association

Analysis

Garden District Association is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 December 2023, Garden District Association reported income of $209k and spending of $149k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $302k to $209k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Garden District Association sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walter Elwood Museum of the Mohawk Valley ($209k), Collin County Ballet Theatre Inc ($209k) and Boulder Mountain Clayworks Inc ($209k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $74k (50% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $565k against liabilities of $1, net assets of $565k.