Black Women Playwrights Group Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311628797
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-T 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2028327329
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,621
Expenses
$96,226
Assets
$131,964
Liabilities
$134,705

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Karen LB Evans (Executive Dir.)
  • Karen James Cody (Board Member)
  • Debra Rose (Board 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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Black Women Playwrights group (BWPG) is a service and advocacy group for African American playwrights writing for the professional theater. The mission of BWPG is to support and promote the work of our members as well as advocate on critical issues within the theater world. For more than 20 years in the Washington, DC metropolitan community, we have been an institution that reflects and serves our community, gives voice and an artistic haven to women who are writing their first play, and to those who have won many honors and awards. BWPG represents women playwrights of color at national theater convenings and in professional pblications such as The Theater Journal, published by Johns Hopkins University.

What it reported doing in 2023

"12@12 Noon" is a private SMS that delivers 12-line dramatic scenes to a mobile phone or tablet every weekday at 12 noon. Each line is only 140 characters and the scenes are written by award-winning playwrights.The 12@12Noon scenes are then performed by professional actors in casual performance venues such as coffee houses, community centers, and ice cream parlors. The app and performances are free and open to the public."12 Line Wonder" is the educational version of the 12@12 Noon app, and also delivers 12-line dramatic scenes to students on their mobile devices and each scene is accompanied by a lesson plan in the Teacher Portal, discussion questions, and a quiz. The apps are interactive and at the end of each scene, there is a call to action for students and users to write their own 12-line scene, using the characters and circumstances as a starting point.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.