Cakecutter Institute

Analysis

Cakecutter Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Compton, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2020, 6 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, Cakecutter Institute reported income of $173k and spending of $91k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $138k to $173k (+26%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 49% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cakecutter Institute 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 53rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grand Theatre of Oelwein Inc ($173k), Dana Thomas House Foundation ($173k) and Project Blank ($173k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $87k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $87k.