Educational Theatre Association

Analysis

Educational Theatre Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Blue Ash, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1989, 37 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 December 2023, Educational Theatre Association reported income of $7.4m and spending of $7.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $7.9m to $7.4m (-7.1%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Educational Theatre Association sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shearim Corp ($7.3m), Science and Technology Futures Inc ($7.4m) and University of North Carolina Press ($7.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.7% and program service revenue 84% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $230k (3.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $6.3m against liabilities of $2.9m, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 32 employees.