The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc

Analysis

The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Fe, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2025. 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 October 2021, The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc reported income of $923k and spending of $711k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2021, income fell from $1.5m to $923k (-38%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2020, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy Inc ($923k), Creative Arts Guild Incorporated ($923k) and Cook County Historical Society ($923k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $65k (9.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $264k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $43k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 28 employees.