Winthrop Community Access Television

Analysis

Winthrop Community Access Television is a registered charity in United States, based in Winthrop, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1992, 34 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, Winthrop Community Access Television reported income of $272k and spending of $338k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $306k to $272k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Winthrop Community Access Television sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flux Projects Inc ($272k), Fundacion Por LA Arquitectura Inc ($272k) and Quad City Symphony TR ($272k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $152k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $3,489, net assets of $1.1m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.