Community Actors' Studio Theatre Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
631237039
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Anniston, AL, USA
Phone
2568202278
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$151,967
Expenses
$149,416
Assets
$73,006
Liabilities
$32,277

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HOWARD JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • IKE BROWN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • HOWARD JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • LYNN RICE (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide cultural enrichment through theatrical arts

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization provided live theatrical performances for community by community members. The organization also provided theatre education, singing, technical theatre, dancing and acting instruction to kids ages 4 through 18 through weekly classes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.4%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.