Baton Rouge Blues Foundation

Analysis

Baton Rouge Blues Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Baton Rouge Blues Foundation reported income of $330k and spending of $288k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $346k to $330k (-4.5%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 203%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Baton Rouge Blues Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Colaborative ($330k), South Valley Civic Theatre ($330k) and High Five Access Media ($330k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 25% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $69k (24% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $174k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $174k. It reported 1 employees.