Chittenden Community Television

Analysis

Chittenden Community Television is a registered charity in United States, based in Burlington, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1985, 41 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 September 2023, Chittenden Community Television reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $737k to $1.8m (+143%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Chittenden Community Television sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peripheral Vision International Inc ($1.8m), Culture House ($1.8m) and Bushwick Starr ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.7% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $600k. At year end it held assets of $623k against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $593k. It reported 24 employees.