Center Park Productions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383524450
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5179084003
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$538
Assets
$158,196
Liabilities
$11,256

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT KEITH (PRESIDENT (END APRIL 2024))
  • TRISTAN WRIGHT (PRESIDENT (FEB 25 - JUN 25))

Highest reported compensation

  • TRISTAN WRIGHT (PRESIDENT (FEB 25 - JUN 25)): $156,754 total reported compensation
  • HEIDI BROWN (DIRECTOR): $147,413 total reported compensation
  • PAUL NTOKO (DIRECTOR): $145,244 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote and operate an annual summer event that provides a variety of entertainment and activities that enhances a positive community image, attracts visitors, and encourages unity and civic pride.

What it reported doing in 2024

Organized a multi day community music festival.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 294.04; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29,390.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $538 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $157K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.