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South County Art Association

Kingston, Rhode Island · EIN 05-6008104 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1946

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 56.7 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Graded against 44,780 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.26.1 months63
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.48% of practices48
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.20
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.33% from one source77
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.95.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.4.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

2015201620172018201920202021202220232025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2025Form 990$655K$496K$159K$1.08M26.16C
Sep 2023Form 990$571K$544K$27K$852K18.88B
Sep 2022Form 990$454K$448K$5,219$783K21.06C
Sep 2021Form 990$418K$347K$71K$879K30.45C
Sep 2020Form 990$316K$318K−$2,188$717K27.15C
Sep 2019Form 990$329K$297K$32K$719K29.15C
Sep 2018Form 990$307K$306K$1,100$722K28.35C
Sep 2017Form 990$309K$278K$31K$727K31.34C
Sep 2016Form 990$254K$244K$9,461$683K33.64C
Sep 2015Form 990$195K$227K−$32K$690K36.54C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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