Circus Hall of Fame Inc

Analysis

Circus Hall of Fame Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Peru, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1982, 44 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, Circus Hall of Fame Inc reported income of $279k and spending of $101k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $51k to $279k (+447%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Circus Hall of Fame Inc sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cny Arts Center ($279k), Coachella Valley Historical Society ($279k) and Hockaday Museum of Art ($279k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 2.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $1.4m.