18Th & Union

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813341268
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2069376499
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$157,491
Expenses
$154,945
Assets
$7,076
Liabilities
$1,663

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Adina Dumas (Board Vice President)
  • Jasmine Lomax (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Peggy Gannon (Board Presient)
  • Adina Dumas (Board Vice President)
  • Anne Conte (Board Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

18th & Union's mission is to sustain an affordable, inclusive, and intimate space that nurtures art and community. 18th & Union maintains a 48-seat performance space, including lobby, restrooms, storage, and theatrical lighting, sound, and live-streaming infrastructure. All activities take place at our physical venue in Seattle, Washington.

What it reported doing in 2024

Co-Producing (year-round): 18th & Union partners with dozens of independent artists each year to co-produce portable performances of all kinds. We define portable performance as any type of performance that can be performed in a shared space and be set up and taken down in a matter of minutes (includes but isn't limited to theatre, music, drama, dance, improv, comedy, clowning, and more). 18th & Union offers our fully-appointed performance venue without requiring an upfront deposit from independent artists, lowering the financial barrier for nascent and low-income artists. Instead of a traditional rental structure, we share the risk and the net ticket revenue with a 50/50 split. In 2024, we co-produced 55 unique shows under this model, averaging 3 performances each.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.1%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 32.7%; rating input score 33

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.1% of revenue deployed · 32.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.