Orcas Center

Analysis

Orcas Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Eastsound, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1975, 51 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2024, Orcas Center reported income of $996k and spending of $1.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2024, income grew from $694k to $996k (+43%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Orcas Center sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masscreative Inc ($996k), Yale Law Journal Company Inc ($996k) and Schumacher Center for a New Economics ($996k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 37% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $68k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $368k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $180k, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 8 employees.