Westport Country Playhouse Inc

Analysis

Westport Country Playhouse Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Westport, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 December 2023, Westport Country Playhouse Inc reported income of $5.6m and spending of $4.7m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.2m to $5.6m (+7.0%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Westport Country Playhouse Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society for Research in Child Development ($5.6m), Houston Ballet Guild Inc ($5.6m) and Berkeley Music Group ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $298k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. It paid $23k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $12.4m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $10.9m. It reported 112 employees.