White Heron Theatre Company

Analysis

White Heron Theatre Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Nantucket, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2014, 12 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, White Heron Theatre Company reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $947k to $1.0m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 203%. 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, White Heron Theatre Company sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hatch ($1.0m), Access Art Inc ($1.0m) and Behind the Badge Foundation ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $215k. At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $4.8m, net assets of -$95k. It reported 36 employees.