Circus Up Inc

Analysis

Circus Up Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Watertown, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 Up Inc reported income of $169k and spending of $177k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $120k to $169k (+40%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Circus Up Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Collins Hill Touchdown Club Inc ($169k), Brownsburg Baseball Club Inc ($169k) and Azle Quarterback Club ($169k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $99k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $99k.