Cincinnati Landmark Productions
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202814659
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Phone
- 5132416550
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,242,736
- Expenses
- $6,054,710
- Assets
- $10,478,998
- Liabilities
- $1,070,877
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOUG RIDENOUR (PRESIDENT)
- RODGER PILLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- RODGER PILLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $80,605 total reported compensation
- TIM PERRINO (FOUNDER): $55,930 total reported compensation
- JUNE HILL (BOARD MEMBER): $24,492 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cincinnati landmark productions, through its production management of the covedale center for the performing arts, the warsaw federal incline theater and cincinnati young people's theater summer theater for teenagers, provides a continuum of artistic opportunity for performers and technicians while acting as an advocate for 1 - preservation; 2 - bringing cultural and economic benefits to those communities in which its ventures reside; and 3 - developing young artists through opportunity, training and excellence in production; while enhancing the quality of life for patrons and the cincinnati area as a whole.
What it reported doing in 2024
Cincinnati landmark productions utilizes top area talent - on-stage and off - to produce main stage seasons at its covedale center and incline theater venues totaling 160 show nights each year additionally it provides area young people with year-round opportunities to train and experience the arts through its cincinnati young people's theatre program and music, dance and art classes/camps at the madcap education center clp inspires children through the power of storytelling and puppetry through its extensive madcap puppets tour of midwest schools and community centers.; marquee series at the covedale center for the performing arts, september through april, 5 fully produced professional productions of classic and modern comedies and musicals, including nunsense, something rotten, disney's beauty and the beast, lend me a tenor and singin' in the rain.; summer classics season at the warsaw federal incline theater, april through september, 4 fully produced professional productions of classic and modern comedies and musicals, including wedding singer, million dollar quartet, burgertown and hairspray; cincinnati young people's theatre teen theater program, june to july, 1 fully produced production featuring local teen talent on-stage and off, with this year's production: children of eden.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 61
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.3%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $179.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 72.7%; rating input score 73; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.5%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.3% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.