Summersville Publishing Enthusiasts

Analysis

Summersville Publishing Enthusiasts is a registered charity in United States, based in Summersville, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 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, Summersville Publishing Enthusiasts reported income of $187k and spending of $242k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $194k to $187k (-3.5%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Summersville Publishing Enthusiasts sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of Arts and Crafts ($187k), Kadens Cause Inc ($187k) and Harmony Project Hudson Inc ($187k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $77k. At year end it held assets of $51k against liabilities of $217k, net assets of -$165k. It reported 9 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.