Big Top Education Center Inc

Analysis

Big Top Education Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Riverton, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Big Top Education Center Inc reported income of $416k and spending of $417k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $284k to $416k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Big Top Education Center Inc sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calvary Episcopal Church Food Panty Inc ($416k), West Chester Community Center ($416k) and Homeless Helping Homeless ($416k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 76% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $50k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $256k. At year end it held assets of $247k against liabilities of $9,268, net assets of $237k. It reported 35 employees.