Backstory Theatre

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274462575
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Broomfield, CO, USA
Phone
7202630836
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$155,027
Expenses
$176,570
Assets
$32,708
Liabilities
$21,300

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MISAE VELA BROL (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY WILKIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MISAE VELA BROL (PRESIDENT)
  • MATT STURTZ (TREASURER)
  • SAMANTHA DEI ROSSI (MEMBER)

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

To provide affordable performing arts education and performance opportunities for children and families, and accessible live theatre production opportunities for Broomfield, Colorado, and surrounding communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

BackStory Theatre offers theatrically based enrichment programs designed to build and connect community through classes and camps, youth productions and community outreach. In 2024, BackStory collaborated with 3,589 participants, youth and adults of all ages, through its programs!

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84

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: -13.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $149K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.