Berkeley Playhouse Inc

Analysis

Berkeley Playhouse Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1980, 46 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 August 2023, Berkeley Playhouse Inc reported income of $3.0m and spending of $2.5m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $3.0m (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Berkeley Playhouse Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Childrens Museum ($3.0m), Open Molecular Software Foundation ($3.0m) and Sharebaby ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 71% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $170k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $644k. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 100 employees.