Plays and Players

Analysis

Plays and Players is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1975, 51 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, Plays and Players reported income of $294k and spending of $341k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $224k to $294k (+31%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Plays and Players sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emerge Cda Inc ($294k), L a Stage Alliance ($294k) and Highlands Nature Friends Inc ($294k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $80k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $146k, net assets of $902k. It reported 22 employees.

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.