Association for Theatre in Higher Education

Analysis

Association for Theatre in Higher Education is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1990, 36 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 May 2023, Association for Theatre in Higher Education reported income of $375k and spending of $450k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $580k to $375k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Association for Theatre in Higher Education sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Friends of Chicken Shed Inc ($375k), Close Encounters with Music Inc ($375k) and Slowik Music Institute ($375k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $943k against liabilities of $96k, net assets of $848k.