Franklin Opera House Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020502848
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Franklin, NH, USA
- Phone
- 6039341901
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- History Museums
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,481
- Expenses
- $98,328
- Assets
- $404,796
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dan B Darling (Executive Director)
- Jeff Perkins (President)
- Chris Seufert (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Dan B Darling (Executive Director)
- Jeff Perkins (President)
- Maureen Aube (Board member)
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
It is the mission of Franklin Opera House, Inc. to provide wholesome community entertainment, foster expansion of arts awareness in all ages, and create a cultural hub and center for social interaction in an historic and attractive setting.
What it reported doing in 2025
Community members, including students, are connected with Arts through performances by local, regional, and touring national artists. We coordinate use of an historic venue for community theatre, school music, and performances as well as a meeting place. Ongoing projects of restoration and maintenance are also core to our mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 29
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 29.6%; rating input score 30
- Program expense ratio: 28.4%; rating input score 28
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.12; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 29.6%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 29.6% of revenue deployed · 28.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $28K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.