Fair Lady Productions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562496319
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Naperville, IL, USA
Phone
6303559212
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$827,472
Expenses
$750,621
Assets
$3,231,822
Liabilities
$1,868,535

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RYAN HILL (PRESIDENT)
  • KANDISS HERNANDEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KANDISS HERNANDEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $127,800 total reported compensation
  • MELINDA MIRKES (OPERATIONS MANAGER): $107,603 total reported compensation
  • CONNOR BOWEN (GRANT WRITING DIRECTOR): $800 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide an artistic home and performance venue where community participants may benefit from exposure to quality theater and arts experiences in an enriching, educational, and entertaining environment.

What it reported doing in 2025

Kidz kabaret educates children of all ages in a no audition and non-competitive environment, teaching them to explore and expand their creative talents. Our classes and programs nurture their self-confidence and self-esteem, and provide them with lifelong skills in personal growth and presentation. Unlike other theater organizations, every student is welcome regardless of expertise, abilities or special needs and guaranteed a principal part. The program has blossomed into a vibrant, comprehensive theater program that held over 150 performances during the year, with more than 1,500 children participating and over 14,000 community members attending our shows.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.4%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.31; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.4% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $619K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 7 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $175K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.