Catskill Mountain Shakespeare Ltd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844624412
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
West Kill, NY, USA
Phone
3477729725
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,594
Expenses
$81,186
Assets
$28,939
Liabilities
$23,744

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Sarah Reny (Artistic Director and Founder)
  • Frank Wildermann (Managing Director)
  • Michael Alvarez (Director of Summer MainStage)

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

The Catskills Shakespeare Theatre aims to bring professional theatre with a modern take to the Catskills. Here to serve both the residents of the region as well as tourists, our aim is to bring professional theatre that is accessible, unique and entertaining. Our theatre is a home of excellence, tolerance and risk. It is a home where artist and patron alike can thrive while rising to the occasion.

What it reported doing in 2025

Main Stage of Romeo and Juliet employing 30 artists, producing 12 performances and reaching 1147 audience members. Community Tour of Pericles employing 13 artists, 15 performances and reaching over 1200+ audience members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

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: 4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 47.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 54.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $196K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.