Uptown Players Inc

Analysis

Uptown Players Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dallas, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2007, 19 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, Uptown Players Inc reported income of $810k and spending of $868k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $825k to $810k (-1.9%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Uptown Players Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Immersion for Spanish Language Acquisition ($810k), Museum of World Treasures Inc ($810k) and American Chemical Society ($810k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 42% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $119k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $115k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $991k, net assets of $416k. It reported 28 employees.