Bated Breath Theatre Company

Analysis

Bated Breath Theatre Company is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 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 2023, Bated Breath Theatre Company reported income of $93k and spending of $153k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $239k to $93k (-61%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 72%. 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, Bated Breath Theatre Company sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meadowview Biological Research Station ($93k), Hells Half Mile Events ($93k) and Action Theatre Conservatory Inc ($93k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $220k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $220k.