Sticky Culture
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
To craft interactive public art and engaging educational experiences that captivate, educate, and inspire. Through vibrant public installations and enriching museum exhibits, we aim to spark wonder and initiate meaningful dialogues with the diverse communities we touch.
- Income
- $69,000
- Spending
- $75,421
- Reserves
- -33.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 6 out of 100. Higher than 2% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 14430% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 9% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $54,680 spent. Sticky Culture served as Experience Design and Integration Partner for the PRAx Gallery, a component of the Climate of Change exhibition at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), commissioned by Oregon State University's Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx). The PRAx Gallery is designed to immerse visitors in environments that demonstrate how artistic imagination, empathy, and experimentation contribute to understanding and responding to the climate crisis. The gallery comprises five interconnected zones - Visual Art, Sound, Performance, Literature, and Meet the Artist - each presenting curated works within a unified spatial and sensory framework. In 2025, Sticky Culture completed Phase 1 of the project: initiating the engagement, conducting joint planning workshops with PRAx and OMSI, and developing the conceptual and environmental design framework for the full gallery. Fabrication and installation are scheduled for completion in 2026. The PRAx Gallery will serve the hundreds of thousands of visitors who visit OMSI annually.
- $17,497 spent. Sticky Culture provided exhibition design services to the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) for two temporary gallery exhibitions: The Changing Skyline, exploring Oregon's historic Skyline/Pacific Crest Trail through archival and contemporary photography, tactile maps, and accessible interactive elements; and the June Drake exhibit. Services encompassed concept and design development, spatial planning, art direction, graphics production, AV media design and production, and project management. Work began in late 2024 and continued through 2025, culminating in graphic installation in September 2025 and the exhibit opening in October 2025. These exhibits served an estimated 100,000 annual visitors to OHS's Portland museum, with particular attention to accessible and inclusive design.
- $3,244 spent. Sticky Culture produced two multimedia videos for the Wonder exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society, focused on the history of aviation in Oregon. The videos integrate digitized silent film footage from the 1930s with oral history audio recordings from the Oregon Aviation Historical Society and Museum, creating an educational experience connecting archival material to contemporary visitors. Deliverables included script development, audio editing, video production, synchronization, and closed captioning burned directly into the final footage. The completed videos - Women Pilots (5:27) and Airshows and Homebuilt Flying (6:27) - were delivered and installed in February 2025 for the Wonder temporary exhibition at OHS, serving an estimated 100,000 annual visitors.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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