Creative Kids Playhouse Childrens Theatre of Orange County

Analysis

Creative Kids Playhouse Childrens Theatre of Orange County is a registered charity in United States, based in Laguna Hills, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2013, 13 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, Creative Kids Playhouse Childrens Theatre of Orange County reported income of $477k and spending of $469k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $394k to $477k (+21%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Creative Kids Playhouse Childrens Theatre of Orange County sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edenton Historical Commission ($477k), Alliance for Pathways Into Engineering ($477k) and Young Actors Theatre ($477k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 56% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $37k (7.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $43k. At year end it held assets of $100k against liabilities of $148k, net assets of -$48k.