Actor's Gang Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954226223
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3108384264
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,190,133
Expenses
$3,920,865
Assets
$3,553,834
Liabilities
$120,318

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • GINA BELAFONTE (CHAIR)
  • TOM GILMORE (DIRECTOR)
  • MORGAN J MALLORY (DIRECTOR)

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

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

Overview

Mission

The actors' gang (tag) mission is to present new, unconventional and uncompromising plays and dynamic reinterpretaions of the classics; restore the ancient sense of the stage as a shared sacred space; introduce theater to children and helps them find their own creative voices and bring the freedom of self expression to the incarcerated

What it reported doing in 2024

The actors gang education department (tag-ed) continued to provide three programs in schools accross los angeles county; ensemble in the classroom, intergrated arts and an after school programs, the ensemble in the classrom program was conducted with three school within the los angeles unified school district (lausd) castle heights elementary, whitney young continuation high school and hamilton high school. It was also offered to george Washington elemnetary school within compton unified school (cusd) and the argo navis school, the intergrated arts program was offered to two lasusd schools- highland park continuation high school and boyle heights stem academy- as well as in multiple classes at culver city middle school within the culver city unified school district (ccusd) during the summer months, tag-ed par-ed also presented the parttners with cusd to offer arts and enrichment for over 200 elementarty school students, tag-ed also continues its free after school program offered to students of ccusd and conducted on-site at tag's theather. Three sessions were offered. Two for elementary school students and one for middle schools students. Students tag-ed also presented the shakespeare in school tourning production of 'much ado about poor' for students in elementary schools throughout los angeles. The production toured to Washington elementary (cusd), el marino elementary (ccusd), mckinley elementary (snate monica-malibu unified school district., basset street elementary (lausd) and the ucla school lab, students from the argo navis school came to tag's theater for an exclusive matinee performace.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.1%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.1% of revenue deployed · 71.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.