Filoli Center

Analysis

Filoli Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Woodside, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1976, 50 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, Filoli Center reported income of $17.0m and spending of $15.9m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.6m to $17.0m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Filoli Center sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Code for Science and Society Inc ($17.0m), The Paley Center for Media ($17.1m) and Modern Language Association of America ($17.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 73% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.0m (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.3m. It paid $380k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $28.5m against liabilities of $3.1m, net assets of $25.3m. It reported 138 employees.