Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts

Analysis

Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 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 July 2023, Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts reported income of $156k and spending of $194k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from July 2020 to July 2023, income fell from $175k to $156k (-11%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2021, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Reel ($156k), St Marys Music Academy ($156k) and Decatur Youth Symphony Inc ($156k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $91k against liabilities of $3,040, net assets of $88k.