Arts Hancock County Mississippi

Analysis

Arts Hancock County Mississippi is a registered charity in United States, based in Bay St Louis, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2013, 13 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, Arts Hancock County Mississippi reported income of $171k and spending of $122k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $245k to $171k (-30%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 168%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Arts Hancock County Mississippi sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zintkala Luta ($171k), Taos Historic Museums Inc ($171k) and Barnsdall Arts ($171k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $33k. At year end it held assets of $489k against liabilities of $623, net assets of $488k. It reported 1 employees.