Bristol Theatre Company
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010755021
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Bristol, RI, USA
- Phone
- 4012580683
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,056
- Expenses
- $23,948
- Assets
- $45,599
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Marie Knapman (Chairman)
- Tracy Lima (Vice Chairman)
- Abbie-Jo Francis (Secretary)
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
Promote active participation in , and the appreciation for, the theatre arts.
What it reported doing in 2024
Produced the community theatre productions of A Christmas Caboret and Matilda at Kickemuit Middle School in Warren, RI. These productions involved over 35 community members ranging in age from 5 to 56 years old.
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
- 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 and revenue has grown recently. 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: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 26.3%; rating input score 26
- Program expense ratio: 29.7%; rating input score 30
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 64; 64th 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: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 26.3% of revenue deployed · 29.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 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 26/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.