Bellingham Circus Guild

Analysis

Bellingham Circus Guild is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2016, 10 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bellingham Circus Guild reported income of $383k and spending of $391k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $212k to $383k (+80%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bellingham Circus Guild sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Queer Kentucky Incorporated ($383k), German-American School Association of Southern California ($383k) and Chamber Music Unbound ($383k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $6,991. At year end it held assets of $124k against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $97k.