CAST Education Inc Dba Carolina Actor Studio Theatre
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205121181
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- Phone
- 7044558542
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Performing Arts Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $-49,562
- Expenses
- $26,537
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Julie Knutson (President)
People named in this filing
- John Amen (Secretary)
- Ron Freeman (Director)
- Danny Seavers (Director)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To educate and enrich our audience and performers through the production and performance of theatrical works.
What it reported doing in 2014
Carolina Actors Studio Theatre immerses our audiences in diverse and creative theatre experiences that celebrate, challenge, and reflect the contemporary world. CAST is committed to fostering the education and development of performers and staff in all aspects of stagecraft. We serve our community through outreach to non-traditional audiences and collaboration with emerging performing arts organizations.
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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -153.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -40.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -49.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 5/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.