Stanford Jazz Workshop

Analysis

Stanford Jazz Workshop is a registered charity in United States, based in Stanford, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1987, 39 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, Stanford Jazz Workshop reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.7m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.5m to $2.5m (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Stanford Jazz Workshop sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clarion Project Inc ($2.5m), Castle Preservation Society ($2.5m) and Black Alliance for Just Immigration ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 70% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $435k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $475k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $414k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 38 employees.