Santa Paula Art Museum

Analysis

Santa Paula Art Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Paula, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2004, 22 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, Santa Paula Art Museum reported income of $380k and spending of $677k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $387k to $380k (-1.8%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Santa Paula Art Museum sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas Inc ($380k), Feel the Beat Corp ($380k) and Yaffa Cultural Arts Inc ($380k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 16% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $284k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $643, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 9 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.