South Orange County Community Theatre

Analysis

South Orange County Community Theatre is a registered charity in United States, based in San Juan Capistrano, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1993, 33 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 August 2024, South Orange County Community Theatre reported income of $1.5m and spending of $236k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2024, income grew from $328k to $1.5m (+350%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 353%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, South Orange County Community Theatre sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potato Variety Management Institute Inc ($1.5m), Great River Childrens Museum ($1.5m) and Hudson Opera House Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 24% of the total. It paid $90 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $40k, net assets of $1.8m.