Eastside Arts Alliance

Analysis

Eastside Arts Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, 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 2024, Eastside Arts Alliance reported income of $2.2m and spending of $2.0m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $822k to $2.2m (+162%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Eastside Arts Alliance sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include DC Jazz Festival ($2.2m), Powers Music School Inc ($2.2m) and California Lawyers for the Arts Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 8.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $734k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $3.5m.