New Candlelight Productions Inc

Analysis

New Candlelight Productions Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wilmington, DE. 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, New Candlelight Productions Inc reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.6m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.5m (+8.5%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 223%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, New Candlelight Productions Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within DE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography ($1.5m), Sioux City Symphony Orchestra Association ($1.5m) and Arts & Cultural Authority of Claxton and Evans County ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.1% and program service revenue 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $671k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $538k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 91 employees.