Encore Performing Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862806815
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2022
Location
St. George, UT, US
Phone
(435) 414-0049
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$264,181
Expenses
$268,097
Assets
$11,155
Liabilities
$24,621

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • ADAM RECORD (EXECUTIVE TEAM): $7,650 total reported compensation
  • ABIGAIL PEARSON (EXECUTIVE TEAM): $3,200 total reported compensation
  • RHETT MAGIC (EXECUTIVE TEAM): $2,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Encore Performing Arts inspires and empowers young artists to discover and develop important life skills through unparalleled arts education, mentorship, and extraordinary theater experiences.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, encore performing arts continued to expand its impact as southern Utah's premier youth performing arts organization. With more students, more productions, and growing community support, encore offered transformative experiences in theater education, mentorship, and performance for young artists of all ages and backgrounds.encore increased its weekly educational programming by 10% from the previous year, offering more opportunities for students to engage in musical theater, acting, and movement-based classes. With 12+ weekly classes serving 612 students per class, encore welcomed over 100 young artists into classrooms each week from august through may.mainstage and junior productions - encore produced 10 fully staged productions in 2024, featuring over 350 performers and dozens of performances that drew thousands of audience members:- a christmas carol a new musical (3rd year in a row!)- hadestown: teen edition- aladdin jr.- girl power camp- villains night: halloween spooktacular- dare to dream junior camp- 101 dalmatians- beauty and the beast- bright lights of broadway- frozen kidsmost performances across these productions sold out, continuing the strong box office performance encore has become known for. All rehearsals and performances took place at the electric theater in downtown st. George, encore's home base and creative hub.notable professional artists contributed to this year's productions:- rhett guter (hadestown director)- vanessa sierra (broadway performer, associate director hadestown)- kelby tyrrell (director a christmas carol)- leslie scott (music director a christmas carol & beauty and the beast)- jason lewis (director aladdin jr.)- randy sly (emmy award-winning director beauty and the beast)guest artists and workshops - encore hosted the triple threat workshop in 2024, led by returning guest artist kelby tyrrell. This intensive training focused on acting, voice, and dance technique. More than 40 students participated in this enriching experience, which emphasized professional development and performance readiness.show choir & community performances - encore's show choir, featured in bright lights of broadway, welcomed over 80 young performers in 2024. The ensemble performed in two major events:- villains night: halloween spooktacular- bright lights of broadway (encore's signature musical revue)these showcase-style productions remain encore favorites and offer young performers experience in solo work, group vocals, choreography, and stage presence.summer theater camps - encore hosted two week-long summer musical theater camps in 2024:- girl power camp- dare to dream campeach camp welcomed 30 students and culminated in a final live performance at the electric theater. Campers used multiple classrooms for rehearsal throughout the week, receiving instruction in singing, dancing, acting, and character development.additional highlights:- encore hosted a successful fundraising gala, helping raise funds to expand programming and scholarship offerings.- the hadestown teen edition production featured a live on-stage band, a first for encore's teen shows.- encore youth traveled on a shakespearience field trip to the Utah shakespeare festival in cedar city to experience professional theater and participate in workshops.although the ballroom program remained on hold in 2024, encore's other programs continued to grow, strengthen, and evolve, reaching more families than ever before.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.21; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $229K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $8K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.