University of California Press Foundation

Analysis

University of California Press Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1981, 45 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 June 2023, University of California Press Foundation reported income of $1.2m and spending of $771k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $947k to $1.2m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, University of California Press Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quakers Ice Hockey Association ($1.2m), Reimagination Lab Inc ($1.2m) and American Civil Liberties Union of West V ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $28.3m against liabilities of $7,450, net assets of $28.3m.