Central City Opera House Association Endowment Fund

Analysis

Central City Opera House Association Endowment Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Wheat Ridge, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1992, 34 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Central City Opera House Association Endowment Fund reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.4m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $1.6m (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Central City Opera House Association Endowment Fund sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary Inc ($1.6m), Institute of Southern Jewish Life Inc ($1.6m) and Forest Creatures Foundation Ltd ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% of the total. At year end it held assets of $25.4m against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $25.3m.