Carriage and Western Art Museum of

Analysis

Carriage and Western Art Museum of is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1979, 47 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, Carriage and Western Art Museum of reported income of $193k and spending of $202k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $159k to $193k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Carriage and Western Art Museum of sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 55th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northern Lakes Arts Association ($193k), San Francisco Camerawork Inc ($193k) and Leadership Hendericks County Inc ($193k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 51% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $56k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $2,487, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 1 employees.