Rohingya Culture Center

Analysis

Rohingya Culture Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2017, 9 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 December 2023, Rohingya Culture Center reported income of $1.2m and spending of $658k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $312k to $1.2m (+279%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Rohingya Culture Center sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 81st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Artisanworks and Events Inc ($1.2m), Open Source Project for a Network ($1.2m) and Solutions to End Poverty Soon Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $49k (7.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $242k. At year end it held assets of $915k against liabilities of $470, net assets of $915k.