Deetjens Inc

Analysis

Deetjens Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Big Sur, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 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, Deetjens Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $1.7m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $112k to $2.4m (+2064%), an average of +116% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 1245%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Deetjens Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History ($2.4m), Academy of American Poets Incorporated ($2.4m) and Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music Corporat ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $156k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $474k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $317k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 47 employees.