Beyond the 4Th Wall Expression Theatre

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 271180674
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2011–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Cambridge, MA, USA
Phone: 6177103864
Rating: 57
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Theater

Reported finances

Revenue: $84,280
Expenses: $71,572
Assets: $15,505
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

LACE CAMPBELL (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

LACE CAMPBELL (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
JEREMY SCHWARTZ (TREASURER)
PETER TRAVERSY (CLERK)

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 accessible opportunties for people of all ages to engage with the arts, to increase self-confidence and to build community

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide accessible opportunities for people of all ages to engage with the arts, to increase self-confidence, and to build community.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 62% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 29
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 52
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 26.8%; rating input score 27
Program expense ratio: 31.6%; rating input score 32

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: 15.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 26.8% of revenue deployed · 31.6% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 10 filing years from 2011 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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 27/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.