Clinton County Showcase

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371288873
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Breese, IL, USA
Phone
6189751673
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,120
Expenses
$75,464
Assets
$333,416
Liabilities
$51,458

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nick Mueth (Executive Director)
  • Lori Kuper (Assistant Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Nick Mueth (Executive Director)
  • Lori Kuper (Assistant Executive Director)
  • Steven Christ (Treasurer)

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

Provide art, music, and theater to Clinton County by giving youth in the area the opportunity to develop their cultural abilities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Clinton County Showcase was able to obtain the play rights and performed 10 plays for Clinton County and the surrounding counties. As a community theater, approximately 125 adults and 100 children were involved in the production of these plays, in addition to approximately 50 adult volunteers who provided administrative support. Approximately 4000 people attended the plays that were performed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.42; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2018 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.