Rochester Oratorio Society Inc

Analysis

Rochester Oratorio Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Rochester, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1959, 67 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 June 2023, Rochester Oratorio Society Inc reported income of $183k and spending of $213k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $262k to $183k (-30%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Rochester Oratorio Society Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Recreational Arts Inc ($183k), Revolution of Tenderness ($183k) and Orchestra New England Inc ($183k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 20% of the total. At year end it held assets of $363k against liabilities of $47k, net assets of $315k.