Great Small Works Inc
Overview
Mission
The organization is committed to creating and presenting theatrical work of high artistic quality, addressing contemporary social issues, exploring popular theater forms as they combine with forms of organizations own invention, and fostering a sense of community with its work.
What it reported doing in 2025
Creation and presentation of theatrical works: performances have been held throughout nyc, the united states, and europe.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133862351
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: NotEnoughData
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.1%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -21%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.21; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 25.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.1% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $110K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.