Attic Theatre Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 390993864
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Appleton, WI, USA
- Phone
- 9208102505
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $178,669
- Expenses
- $154,009
- Assets
- $232,707
- Liabilities
- $3,217
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERT ERNST (PRESIDENT)
- MELODY BUCHINGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROBERT ERNST (PRESIDENT)
- MELODY BUCHINGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DAVID BEEN (TREASURER)
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
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What it reported doing in 2024
Produced 5 theatrical shows: a christmas carol 2 performances/171 attendance; two across 4 performances/401 attendance; gala 1 performance/171 attendance;
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 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: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.3%; rating input score 32
- Program expense ratio: 39.7%; rating input score 40
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.8%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 32.3% of revenue deployed · 39.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.