Great Plays Inc

Analysis

Great Plays Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New Hampton, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Great Plays Inc reported income of $737k and spending of $921k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $215k to $737k (+242%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 242%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Great Plays 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 76th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Zone Inc Urb Forest View ($737k), Freedom Center Texas ($737k) and Stonehill Benevolent Foundation ($736k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.7% and program service revenue 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $613k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $283k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 41 employees.