Evolution Theatre Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452747793
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Dublin, OH, USA
Phone
6142331124
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,267
Expenses
$102,570
Assets
$14,202
Liabilities
$12,360

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wayne Cocchi (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Wayne Cocchi (Board President)
  • Joseph Gentilini (Board Member)
  • Mark P Schwamberger (Board Member Executive / Artistic Director)

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 only program offered is a season / series of theatrical productions. All expenses are directly related to the productions or the administration of the productions and the company. Attendees that viewed the production and the artists involved in 2025 were 3700.

What it reported doing in 2025

3700 individuals benefited for our productions. We produced a beloved classic about a young artist accepting her own sexuality and coming to the realization of her fathers character and influence. We were only the second country in the world to produce a new telling of a classic fairy tale proving that even a young gay boy could be the hero. Producing the revival of a play that we presented the world premiere of several years ago questioning who actually was the most world-famous literary genius of all time. We produced the regional premiere of an off-Broadway hit showing a different and comic side of a horror classic story.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: -0.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $103K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.