Sunset Playhouse Inc

Analysis

Sunset Playhouse Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elm Grove, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1955, 71 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 2023, Sunset Playhouse Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $1.1m (-9.1%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sunset Playhouse Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ballet Theatre of Des Moines ($1.1m), Cleveland Pops Orchestra ($1.1m) and Upper Valley Music Center Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 59% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $283k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $407k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 43 employees.