Empowered Theater & Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932840690
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Phone
6027541662
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$123,671
Expenses
$127,376
Assets
$16,983
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JILL MAPSTEAD (PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE LEFCO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LARICHE LAMAR (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • EMILY TAYLOR (DIRECTOR)
  • MEGHAN COX (DIRECTOR)
  • JILL MAPSTEAD (PRESIDENT)

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

Empowered theater & arts is dedicated to producing dynamic and innovative theater and arts with neurodivergent adults.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the 2024-2025 season, we chose, taught and produced three full scale theatrical shows featuring adults with disabilities. We held 7 performances, including an original world premiere of "the others". We sold out five nights at local venues including harkins theater's cine capri. We held performance technique workshops and self care saturdays to improve the artist's skills and increase their knowledge of standard practices for career development. We also offered opportunities for artists to be featured on social media to increase the community's knowledge and awareness around the passions and artistry of people living with disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.1%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -24.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.1% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.