Big Heart Theater

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752945700
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$158,919
Expenses
$112,476
Assets
$60,472

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Raphael Parry (Board President and Contracted Designer)
  • Lisa L Schmidt (Board Member and Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Raphael Parry (Board President and Contracted Designer)
  • Lisa L Schmidt (Board Member and Executive Director)
  • Karen Mercado (Board 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Big Heart Theater empowers teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities IDD to create and perform one-of-a-kind theatrical experiences for themselves and their communities forever redefining disabilities as possibilities.

What it reported doing in 2025

We developed and produced four mainstage shows and two workshops serving 81 teens and adults with IDD in underserved Dallas-area communities. Performers had a variety of conditions including Down syndrome autism spectrum disorder and other forms of IDD. We held 63 rehearsals 3 workshops and 8 public performances. An estimated 750 audience members and workshop attendees took part. All activities were free for both performers and audiences. Partners included Dallas Public Library Dallas Park and Recreation Dallas ISD OutLoud Dallas Kitchen Dog Theater and the DYRK1A Syndrome Conference in Dallas.

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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92

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: 29.2%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 100.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 106.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 124.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $103K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.