Roving Players

Analysis

Roving Players is a registered charity in United States, based in Port Gamble, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 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, Roving Players reported income of $144k and spending of $84k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $8,295 to $144k (+1632%), an average of +316% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 984%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Roving Players sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Latin American Perspectives Inc ($144k), Chino Basque Club ($144k) and Moonshots for Unicorns ($144k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $122k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $122k.