Peterborough Players Inc

Analysis

Peterborough Players Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Peterborough, NH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1977, 49 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Peterborough Players Inc reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.4m, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $1.0m (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Peterborough Players Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within NH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond Art Center ($1.0m), Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology Foundation ($1.0m) and Otv Open Television Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 37% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $53k (3.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $545k. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 80 employees.