Washington Center for the Performing Arts

Analysis

Washington Center for the Performing Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Olympia, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1982, 44 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 June 2023, Washington Center for the Performing Arts reported income of $4.4m and spending of $2.5m, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.5m to $4.4m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Washington Center for the Performing Arts sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Actors Playhouse Productions Inc ($4.4m), Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting ($4.4m) and Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observation Syste ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $139k (5.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $750k. At year end it held assets of $7.4m against liabilities of $617k, net assets of $6.8m. It reported 61 employees.