Public Arts Commission

Analysis

Public Arts Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Forks, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2016, 10 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, Public Arts Commission reported income of $122k and spending of $126k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $215k to $122k (-43%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Public Arts Commission sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Don and Catharine Bryan Cultural Series Inc ($122k), Next Act Inc ($122k) and Luminario Ballet of Los Angeles ($122k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 51% of the total. At year end it held assets of $295k against liabilities of $13, net assets of $295k.