Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900753854
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Albany, NY, USA
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,834
Expenses
$29,687
Assets
$64,618

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sheilah London-Miller (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Diaka Kaba Hill (Assistant Artistic Director)
  • Amelia Paul (Acting Treasurer)
  • Lisa Harris (Volunteer Coordinator)

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 Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY BTTUNY is an Albany-based community theatre company that educates new artists of all ages focusing on Artists of Color. BTTUNY fosters cross-cultural understanding and diversity in Capital Region theatre by producing works by and about Black people and other marginalized communities. BTTUNYs goal is to make the world of theatre a more just equitable and inclusive space for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

Productions simultaneous in rep: ONE ACT JAMBOREE various authors & BACK TO THE PAST by Britt Miller and Jeffery Bradley. June 2024 performed at theREP in Albany. This set of productions included a festival of one act plays by local authors and other authors from NYC and beyond and gave many new directors authors and performers a chance to hone their craft. It reached approximately 350 audience members and included 31 artists. BACK TO THE PAST was a youth theatre production that marked the launch of our youth theatre program. It reached approximately 150 audience members and included 23 artists.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.9%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 58.6%; rating input score 59

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: 54.2%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.18; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.9% of revenue deployed · 58.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.