Northern California Center for the Arts

Analysis

Northern California Center for the Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Grass Valley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2001, 25 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, Northern California Center for the Arts reported income of $3.3m and spending of $3.8m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $3.3m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Northern California Center for the Arts sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Providence Childrens Museum ($3.3m), VMTS Education Inc ($3.3m) and Opera Parallele ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 66% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $105k (2.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $791k. At year end it held assets of $6.9m against liabilities of $4.8m, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 76 employees.