Buntport Theater
Legal name: Buntport Theater Company
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841559858
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Denver, CO, US
- Phone
- 720-946-1388
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $352,306
- Expenses
- $337,661
- Assets
- $563,775
- Liabilities
- $2,140
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- GAIL BRANSTEITTER (BOARD PRESID)
- MARK SKROTZKI (BOARD MEMBER)
- SHANNON SPURLOCK (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Buntport Theater Company is a wee group of theater-making humans based in Denver. We've worked together for over 2 decades, making new stuff. We work collaboratively—without 'official' writers, directors, designers, janitors. We do all the stuff. Because we love it.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our 20+ years of experience in developing new work has made us leaders of devised work in the community. We are experts by way of our nearly 100 years of collective experience. Our collaborative working model is a strong one for arts organizations, allowing for the same group of people to work together, all while centering the artist in every decision. We put work into planning our seasons, but are also able to adapt quickly and incorporate current events when necessary. The work that we make grows out of our experiences here and we place great value on that. We always strive for artistic excellence and are invested in challenging ourselves and our audiences. Buntport works non-hierarchically (with a female majority) in all aspects of our business, applying many minds to every challenge. The same group of creatives have been working together this way for over 20 years. An on- going collaboration between the same artists with such prolific output is nearly unheard of in any genre. Our work is consistently praised by media outlets and hopefully serves as inspiration to other groups interested in developing new work. We are passionate about providing affordable entertainment, but not at the expense of artists.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.5%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 81.5% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $284K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.