Joseph Jefferson Award Committee

Overview

Mission

The joseph jefferson awards recognize and advance theatrical excellence in chicago area theaters

What it reported doing in 2025

The 2025 Non-Equity Awards Show was presented to honor theatrical excellence in performance and theater design among Non-Equity theaters in the Chicago area. More than 30 awards were given to individual artists and theaters and over 600 people attended the event.

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
237076932
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

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The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Available reserves provide a limited financial cushion and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: NotEnoughData
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.1%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd 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: 17.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.26; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.1% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 annual filings from 2021 to 2025
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.