Arlington Music Hall

Analysis

Arlington Music Hall is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Arlington Music Hall reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $600k to $1.3m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Arlington Music Hall sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Angelo Performing Arts Coalition Inc ($1.3m), Midway Contemporary Art ($1.3m) and Independent Media Artists of Ga Etc Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.7% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (7.4% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $2.0m, net assets of -$678k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.