Broadway on Main Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862771242
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
East Haven, CT, USA
Phone
4752388119
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$113,570
Expenses
$91,888
Assets
$41,893

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GILDA DISCALA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GILDA DISCALA (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFREY SNYDER (VICE PRESIDE)
  • CHARLES STRICKLAND (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

Broadway on main theatre company empowers youth and adults in the greater new haven community through professional theater education and performance in a safe, supportive, bilingual environment. We use theater as a powerful tool to raise mental health awareness, fostering empathy, resilience, and dialogue among our cast, crew, and audiences. Through strong community partnerships and robust scholarship support, we ensure our programs remain accessible to all, creating lasting impact both on and off the stage. Together, we aim to build a healthier, more compassionate world through the arts.

What it reported doing in 2025

Since opening, the organization has produced large-scale productions. Broadway on main uses theater as a tool to build confidence, support mental health, encourage self-expression, and create a true sense of belonging. Broadway on main brings theater into the lives of students and families who may not otherwise have access to it.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.6%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

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

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.6% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.