Available Light Theatre

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260781652
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6142637000
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$158,654
Expenses
$126,110
Assets
$50,696
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joe Heimlich (President)

People named in this filing

  • Joe Heimlich (President)
  • Don McTigue (Treasurer)
  • Rick Livingston (Secretary)

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

1) Encouraging the development of actors, singers, musicians, and theatrical production experts through live theatre productions and educational workshops; 2) Providing the facilities and talent for community interest in theatre; 3) Offering opportunities to view original and previously produced theatrical works to stimulate culture, learning and appreciation for the arts; and 4) Producing, performing and promoting works of theatre on a non-profit basis. Available light theatre's shows tackle many societal issues. The central Ohio public is given the opportunity to see original theatre at an affordable cost. Available light maintains a policy of "pay what you want" for tickets so that everyone, regardless of financial ability may attend live theatre.

What it reported doing in 2024

Available light theatre presented four productions to the public including: Lunch Bunch, Wild Strawberries, and Rock Egg Spoon.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 76.8%; rating input score 77

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: 20.5%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 76.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.