Community Media Access Partnership

Analysis

Community Media Access Partnership is a registered charity in United States, based in Gilroy, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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, Community Media Access Partnership reported income of $497k and spending of $315k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $205k to $497k (+142%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Community Media Access Partnership sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Local Reporting Lab Initiative Inc ($497k), Explore Buffalo Inc ($497k) and Winchester School of Chinese Culture Inc ($497k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 104% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (26% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $92k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $29k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 9 employees.