Chelsea Area Players
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382157055
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Chelsea, MI, USA
- Phone
- 7343956818
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,425
- Expenses
- $70,301
- Assets
- $98,877
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Todd Ducsay (President)
People named in this filing
- Todd Ducsay (President)
- Clara Smith (CoVice Presidents)
- Maryann Guenther (CoVice Presidents)
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 mission and purpose of CAP shall be to enrich the educational and the cultural life of the community; promote understanding and appreciation of the performing arts; provide entertainment and encourage interest and active participation in all phases of theatrical productions; and foster and support the youth who are involved in the performing arts. CAP has also awarded many Gifts and Scholarships
What it reported doing in 2025
Chelsea Area Players produced three shows and the Summer Youth Theater Camp and A Special Improvisation Workshop CAP also supported several civic and educational funds with sponsorships and donations
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 22
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 22%; rating input score 22
- Program expense ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 22
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: -5.8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 22% of revenue deployed · 21.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.