East Bay Media Center

Analysis

East Bay Media Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1982, 44 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, East Bay Media Center reported income of $99k and spending of $99k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $174k to $99k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, East Bay Media Center sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scranton Jazz Festival ($99k), Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra ($99k) and Park Center Ltd ($99k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $240 (0.2% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $637k, net assets of $460k.