Afrikan Poetry Theatre Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 112515828
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Jamaica, NY, USA
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $131,100
- Expenses
- $108,662
- Assets
- $2,931,100
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sekou Branch (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Sekou Branch (Executive Director): $25,000 total reported compensation
- Vernon (Williams): $8,190 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Afrikan Poetry Theatres APT mission is to preserve and perpetuate Art Culture and the Traditions of the African Diaspora through creative programming Including but not limited to; theatre film music dance spoken word, Youth S.T.E.A.M,3D Printed Art and more. Our goal is to promote cross-cultural awareness understanding and socialization through traditional and digital art disciplines. Founded as performance theatre in 1976 and incorporated as a 501c3 since 1980 we continue to expand in order to offer a diverse roster of cultural activities to the the underserved communities of South East Jamaica and Far Rockaway Queens NY. Our Goal is to influence community empowerment through cultural education. Our initiative is about economics by way of education It is important that we not only celebrate art and find creative outlets to express the realities of our communities but to educate the community about how to monetize creativity. Dont just act learn the busi
What it reported doing in 2024
Educated Filmmakers is a multi-cultural educational program focused on filmmaking offering a 6-week crash course comprising 32 program hours. The course includes both two-hour and three-hour sessions twice a week where students collaborate to produce a short film exploring immigration or its social impact. Participants engage in learning various aspects of filmmaking such as genres production directing and character development. They work together as a Film Crew gaining hands-on experience in field and post-production and understanding different crew roles like director producer writer camera operator sound technician and editor. The culminating project is showcased at A.P.T.s Black History Month Film Festival. Additionally the program offers Acting Workshops for ages 12 and up running from April to June with 4-hour weekly sessions over 8 weeks. Students receive training in on-screen presence voice projection theatrical and screen acting techniques and participate in mock auditions. The workshop concludes with students showcasing their skills by acting in a short film produced by fellow program participants.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 2
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 32
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.4%; rating input score 2
- Program expense ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 3
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 26.97; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -148.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.4% of revenue deployed · 2.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 39 of 41 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX GrantsToDomesticOrgs column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.