Castro Street Fair

Analysis

Castro Street Fair is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 December 2023, Castro Street Fair reported income of $147k and spending of $206k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $228k to $147k (-35%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Castro Street Fair sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American French Genealogical Society ($147k), Society for Restoration & Preservation of Historic Masonic ($147k) and Major Chords for Minors ($147k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 67% of the total. At year end it held assets of $13k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $13k.