Bay Org

Analysis

Bay Org is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2009, 17 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, Bay Org reported income of $9.3m and spending of $11.3m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $10.1m to $9.3m (-7.9%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 222%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bay Org sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music Academy of the West ($9.3m), Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles ($9.3m) and Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust ($9.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $402k (3.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.0m. It paid $1,384 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $9.9m, net assets of -$5.4m. It reported 90 employees.