Colonial Players
Overview
Mission
The Colonial Players is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit sustained entirely by volunteers and generous patrons, producing award-winning theatre in the round in Annapolis, MD.
What it reported doing in 2024
The entity provides support for dramatic arts in the historic city of annapolis, through theater, play productions, work shops, and by supporting local charitable organizations, providing a creative outlet for local volunteer artists, actors, stage hands, and technicians.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 97% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237074203
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Annapolis, MD, US
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.5%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: 2 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.6%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 7.68; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 53.5% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $191K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.