FGP NYC Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371592492
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Ridgewood, NY, USA
Phone
4802065370
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,747
Expenses
$63,894
Assets
$14,343
Liabilities
$1,222

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrew Neisler (President)
  • Benjamin Williams (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Andrew Neisler (President)
  • Jaclyn Backhaus (Treasurer)
  • Meghan Sharer (Secretary)

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

Fresh Ground Pepper incubates and celebrates new works of art by adventurous artists of all mediums. We believe that the creative spirit is nurtured by delighted exploration and collaborative communities. FGP strives to find new voices and push them each toward surprising frontiers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fresh Ground Pepper's 2024 season saw the successful completion of another round of each of our two most popular and long-standing theater development programs. The PlayGround PlayGroup artists who were selected by a competitive application process gathered monthly through the Spring to give/receive feedback on developing scripts. The process culminated in a live week-long series of evenings of performance that was well-attended by audiences supporting the work of 7 emerging playwrights and their casts and crews. In 2024 we were able to pay artists more and offer this program to audiences for free. Then in July/August 2024 we hosted 3-weeks of our annual FGP BRB retreat, welcoming artists to create, live, work, and cook together in a woodsy natural environment. This included an eco-week wherein we expanded our net to welcome art/performance projects with ecological and sustainability themes. This program houses 27 artists across the 3 weeks, plus hires guest facilitators who provide artists with fresh perspectives and skills to develop their processes. In addition to these annual programs, we held a Fall staff retreat day in which the FGP co-creative directors gathered for a day of reflection, teambuilding, and organizational planning for the future. And we hosted a holiday card making party to gather artists in creating and sending holiday cards to homebound seniors in Brooklyn.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 69.2%; rating input score 69

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: -10.6%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.5% of revenue deployed · 69.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.