Chicago Heights Drama Group

Analysis

Chicago Heights Drama Group is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago HTS, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 August 2023, Chicago Heights Drama Group reported income of $133k and spending of $132k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $158k to $133k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 337%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Chicago Heights Drama Group sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marshall County Arts & Culture Alliance Inc ($133k), Friends of Anim ($133k) and Aiken Civic Orchestra ($133k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 81% of the total. At year end it held assets of $366k against liabilities of $592, net assets of $366k.