Double Edge Theatre Productions Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042972334
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ashfield, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4136280277
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,429,692
- Expenses
- $1,900,903
- Assets
- $4,409,260
- Liabilities
- $686,668
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MILENA DABOVA (CO-PRESIDENT)
- YVES SALOMON-FERNANDEZ (CO-PRESIDENT)
- STACY KLEIN (PRESIDENT EMERITA)
- ADAM BRIGHT (VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER)
Highest reported compensation
- TRAVIS COE (DIRECTOR): $43,800 total reported compensation
- JENNIFER JOHNSON (DIRECTOR): $43,800 total reported compensation
- CARIEL KLEIN (DIRECTOR): $43,800 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Art + living culture + art justice = double edge theatre an art / community / cultural collective. Our vision is to prioritize imagination in times of creative, emotional, spiritual, and political uncertainty.our mission is to pursue authenticity, interaction. Identity with whomever is seeking creative, emotional, spiritual, and political clarity.our art (performance / visual / multi-media) is grounded in a rigorous ensemble aesthetic unfolded in dream. Imagery. Metaphor, mystery, and symbolism.our work (cultural / economic / organizational / personal / political) is created and sustained within an open, honest, meaningful, relevant shared experience. We call this "living culture".our dedication is to face isolation and erasure; to face despair and pain that can translate into personal incapacity and political paralysis. To uplift. We call this "art justice".
What it reported doing in 2024
Student training program includes three major objectives: three intensive programs a year for four to six days each; residencies and workshops in a variety of colleges and touring locations; and local training of youth and other theatre groups.summer spectacle, an indoor/outdoor traveling performance held at double edge theatre's farm center, and on tour, created by the ensemble and involving the theatre's artistic and artisan community.development of artistic cycles and performances, created by double edge theatre's permanent ensemble with collaborating artists, present piece.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 66
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $87.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th 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: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: 21.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $44K · 24 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 57/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.