Whidbey Island Center for the Arts

Analysis

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Langley, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1995, 31 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 December 2023, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $856k to $1.3m (+56%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 288%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnstormers Inc ($1.3m), Kalamazoo Arts Council Inc ($1.3m) and Mac-Haydn Theatre Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $432k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $138k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 16 employees.