California Institute Of The Arts: $119.6M Revenue, $113.5M Expenses

California Institute Of The Arts earns a C on the efficiency rubric — the median bucket on the NonprofitTruth scale, indicating performance close to the national midpoint across financial reserves, officer compensation, and revenue consistency. Composite score: 62/100.

California Institute Of The Arts is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $119.6M in 2023 revenue against $113.5M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. Operating reserves at California Institute Of The Arts are adequate: the balance sheet covers a reasonable share of annual expenses, though not a deep multi-year cushion.

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. California Institute Of The Arts is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: California Institute Of The Arts reports $1.4M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $119.6M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. California Institute Of The Arts sits in the cultural-nonprofit sector (Arts, Culture & Humanities). Museum, performing-arts, and cultural organizations carry distinctive financial patterns — earned revenue from ticket sales and admissions, plus a heavy reliance on endowment income and major donor cycles.