National Steinbeck Center

Analysis

National Steinbeck Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Salinas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1984, 42 years ago. 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 2023, National Steinbeck Center reported income of $274k and spending of $551k, spending 201% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $666k to $274k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 249%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, National Steinbeck Center sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Victoria Hand Project ($274k), Healy Senior Center of Southern Humboldt Inc ($274k) and California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives Inc ($274k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 62% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $225k. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $4.2m. It reported 22 employees.