Black Cherry Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521708780
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4107527272
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,792
Expenses
$77,967
Assets
$167,166
Liabilities
$8,612

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Nicole Dewald (Chair)
  • Valeska Populoh (Vice chair)
  • Nathanial Waddell (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

The organization's purpose is to use puppetry as an educational tool for young people and to advance this through collaborations and residencies with artists of other discipline internships and by sustaining an organization bringing a very special theatrical experience to the greater community.

What it reported doing in 2024

The production of puppet shows the presentation of puppet performances and the education of the public with workshops at schools and the promotion of puppetry

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75

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: -11.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.14; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.