World Fandom

Analysis

World Fandom is a registered charity in United States, based in Flower Mound, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2014, 12 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 December 2023, World Fandom reported income of $471k and spending of $417k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $558k to $471k (-16%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, World Fandom sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Loveland Music Boosters ($471k), Cheyenne Little Theater Players ($471k) and California Nature Art Museum ($471k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $100k, net assets of $1.2m.