Actors Incorporated

Analysis

Actors Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Ames, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1974, 52 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 2024, Actors Incorporated reported income of $293k and spending of $188k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $179k to $293k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Actors Incorporated 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 63rd percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arts Asylum ($293k), Porter County Heritage Corportation ($293k) and Fringe Theater of Key West Inc ($293k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.