Empathy Theatre Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872726622
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Longmont, CO, USA
Phone
3077608488
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,639
Expenses
$69,015
Assets
$32,799

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MEGAN HAYES (BOARD PRESID)
  • MARK RUSSELL (BOARD SECRET)
  • CORDELIA ZARS GUINN (BOARD TREASU)

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 of empathy theatre project is to develop original theatre that strengthens connection, inspires dialogue, and fosters empathy in our divided country.

What it reported doing in 2025

1: we're still here musical, winter etp wrote and produced a new musical, "we're still here," which tells the story of an indigenous family's fight to save their sacred river and a rural family's struggle to lift themselves out of poverty. Inspired by true events, this musical was staged in partnership with indigenous communities at boulder's dairy arts center.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 51.7%; rating input score 52

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -192%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 51.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.