West Ind Connection

Analysis

West Ind Connection is a registered charity in United States, based in Independence, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, West Ind Connection reported income of $122k and spending of $87k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $71k to $122k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, West Ind Connection 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 40th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orcutt Childrens Art Foundation Inc ($122k), Copper Country Community Arts Council ($122k) and Peninsula Art Academy ($122k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% and program service revenue 41% of the total. At year end it held assets of $108k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $108k.