Portland Playhouse

Analysis

Portland Playhouse is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 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 June 2022, Portland Playhouse reported income of $2.2m and spending of $1.8m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from July 2019 to June 2022, income grew from $1.3m to $2.2m (+68%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Portland Playhouse sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kirby Family Farm ($2.2m), Frontiers of Flight Museum Inc ($2.2m) and Kashif Incubator Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $61k (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $536k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $235k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 81 employees.