Totem Pole Playhouse

Analysis

Totem Pole Playhouse is a registered charity in United States, based in Fayetteville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 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 September 2023, Totem Pole Playhouse reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.5m (+9.8%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Totem Pole Playhouse sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Levoy Theatre Preservation Society Inc ($1.5m), Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Inc ($1.5m) and Vishv Umiya Foundation USA Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $62k (4.2% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 115 employees.