Gwichin Steering Committee

Analysis

Gwichin Steering Committee is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairbanks, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2024, 2 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 2021, Gwichin Steering Committee reported income of $666k and spending of $226k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income grew from $355k to $666k (+88%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Gwichin Steering Committee sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minnesota Fringe Festival ($666k), Darlington Fine Arts Center Inc ($666k) and Ghiberti Foundation ($666k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $115k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $188, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 8 employees.