Northern Starz Theatre Company

Analysis

Northern Starz Theatre Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Anoka, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2012, 14 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Northern Starz Theatre Company reported income of $355k and spending of $394k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $178k to $355k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Northern Starz Theatre Company 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 65th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include World Famous Blue Crab Festival Inc ($355k), Washington D C International Film Festival Inc ($355k) and CCN Historic Building Preservation Foundation ($355k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 73% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $184k. At year end it held assets of $32k against liabilities of $134k, net assets of -$101k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.