Crowded Fire Theater Company

Analysis

Crowded Fire Theater Company is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 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, Crowded Fire Theater Company reported income of $1.0m and spending of $614k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $228k to $1.0m (+343%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Crowded Fire Theater 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 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aviation Heritage Foundation Inc ($1.0m), Undersea Technology Innovation Center ($1.0m) and DZ Arts Development ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $379k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $152k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 79 employees.