Alliance Francaise de Seattle

Analysis

Alliance Francaise de Seattle is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1992, 34 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, Alliance Francaise de Seattle reported income of $1.0m and spending of $884k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $533k to $1.0m (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Alliance Francaise de Seattle 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 Harrisonburg Childrens Museum ($1.0m), Arts Express ($1.0m) and National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 86% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $72k (8.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $451k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $181k, net assets of $835k. It reported 24 employees.