Bowie Community Theater

Analysis

Bowie Community Theater is a registered charity in United States, based in Bowie, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1966, 60 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, Bowie Community Theater reported income of $52k and spending of $73k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $68k to $52k (-23%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bowie Community Theater sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Richmond Bengali Association ($52k), Winder-Barrow Community Theatre Inc ($52k) and Bloomington Chorale Inc ($52k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $53k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $53k.