Pickford Film Center

Analysis

Pickford Film Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1999, 27 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, Pickford Film Center reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.3m, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.9m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Pickford Film Center sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seattle Center Foundation ($1.9m), Play on Philly ($1.9m) and Company Theatre Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% and program service revenue 33% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $562k. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $678k, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 24 employees.