Create Portage County Inc

Analysis

Create Portage County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Stevens Point, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2006, 20 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, Create Portage County Inc reported income of $745k and spending of $540k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $274k to $745k (+172%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Create Portage County Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dcenter Inc ($744k), Hanford Mills Museum at East Meredith ($745k) and Janesville Performing Arts Center Inc ($744k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 6.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $181k. At year end it held assets of $711k against liabilities of $8,291, net assets of $703k. It reported 8 employees.