Sonoma Valley Community Communications Inc

Analysis

Sonoma Valley Community Communications Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sonoma, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2018, 8 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 June 2024, Sonoma Valley Community Communications Inc reported income of $249k and spending of $325k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $342k to $249k (-27%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sonoma Valley Community Communications Inc sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broken Box Mime Theater ($249k), Cardboard Cares ($249k) and Arts for All Inc ($249k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 78% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $168k. It paid $3,400 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $192k against liabilities of $318k, net assets of -$126k.

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.