Rough House Theater Company

Analysis

Rough House Theater Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2015, 11 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, Rough House Theater Company reported income of $162k and spending of $134k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $79k to $162k (+105%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Rough House Theater Company 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 49th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center Inc ($162k), Hamilton County Historical Society ($162k) and Theatre You Inc ($162k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $64k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $64k.