Backlot Players

Analysis

Backlot Players is a registered charity in United States, based in Forsyth, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2024, Backlot Players reported income of $50k and spending of $77k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $497k to $50k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Backlot Players sits at the 17th percentile: it is larger than about 17% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 20th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Song Manh Inc ($50k), Swing for the Troops ($50k) and Stephenson County Farm Bureau Foundation ($50k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $726k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $726k.