Sawdust Theatre

Analysis

Sawdust Theatre is a registered charity in United States, based in Coquille, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1995, 31 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, Sawdust Theatre reported income of $73k and spending of $121k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $78k to $73k (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 342%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sawdust Theatre sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 29th percentile, and in the 28th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grimmer Band Boosters ($73k), Rrenjet Shqiptare Albanian Roots Inc ($73k) and Hokka Nichi Bei Kai Japanese American Assn of Northern Calif ($73k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $922k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $922k.