Talent Maker City

Analysis

Talent Maker City is a registered charity in United States, based in Talent, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, Talent Maker City reported income of $1.3m and spending of $796k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $255k to $1.3m (+404%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 369%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Talent Maker City 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 83rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Washington Chorus Inc ($1.3m), Bentonville Christian Academy ($1.3m) and Solon Center for Research and Publishing ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 37% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $416k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $344k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 35 employees.