Circus City Festival Inc

Analysis

Circus City Festival Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Peru, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1962, 64 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 City Festival Inc reported income of $351k and spending of $236k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $230k to $351k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 529%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 City Festival Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cleveland Choral Arts Assosiation ($351k), Hawaii Keiki Museum ($351k) and Boardman Band and Orchestra Parents Inc ($351k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% and program service revenue 66% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $17k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 2 employees.