Tennessee Williams Festival St Louis

Analysis

Tennessee Williams Festival St Louis is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2016, 10 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, Tennessee Williams Festival St Louis reported income of $353k and spending of $325k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $40k to $353k (+772%), an average of +72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 309%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Tennessee Williams Festival St Louis 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 62nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include I Can Fly International ($353k), Police Data Accessibility Project Inc ($353k) and Fuel Freedom Foundation ($353k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $74k (23% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $56k. It paid $8,600 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $165k against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $155k. It reported 1 employees.