Flux Theatre

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991097793
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Phone
5108068730
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Dance

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,659
Expenses
$117,528
Assets
$15,721

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Leah Marie Colecchia (Treasurer)
  • Kirsten Gerding (Chairman)
  • Laura Skipper (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission Statement: Flux Theatre is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and presentation of the performing arts for the enrichment of the East Bay and Greater Bay community. We are an artist-driven organization committed to providing programming and performances, training, and education for all who enter our doors seeking the stage. Flux Theatre is also the home of Flux Vertical Theatre Pole & Dance Company, the Bay Area's ground breaking pole and dance performance company.

What it reported doing in 2025

FULL LENGTH PRODUCTIONS AND ARTIST SUPPORT: In 2025, Flux Theatre produced four major theatrical programs: the Annual Black Tie Gala fundraiser, Karma Hotel, Eulogy III, and Nutcracker Nightmare Fantasy. These productions collectively presented 14 live performances and served approximately 1,151 audience members.The productions featured 55 performing artists, including dancers, actors, and musicians. Flux Theatre provided stipends to artists for rehearsals and performances and also employed technical staff including stage management, lighting and sound technicians, and front-of-house personnel to support the productions.Across these programs, Flux Theatre invested approximately $55,000 in production expenses, including artist compensation, technical staff, production supplies, and venue costs. The organization also relied on approximately six volunteers per production to assist with front-of-house operations and event logistics.Through these productions, Flux Theatre continued its mission of supporting independent performing artists while providing original theatrical experiences for the Bay Area community.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -43.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 53.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -37.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -106.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $117K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.