Act II Playhouse Ltd

Analysis

Act II Playhouse Ltd is a registered charity in United States, based in Ambler, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 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 June 2024, Act II Playhouse Ltd reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $1.1m to $1.3m (+16%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 66%. 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, Act II Playhouse Ltd sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faena Arts ($1.3m), Performing Arts Academy ($1.3m) and Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% and program service revenue 63% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $478k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $702k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 34 employees.