Friends of Georges Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272782398
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Memphis, TN, USA
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Lesbian, Gay Rights
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $94,230
- Expenses
- $77,388
- Assets
- $96,889
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rick Bartl (President and Director)
- Josh Wallis (Vice-President and Director)
People named in this filing
- William Zachary (Treasurer and Director)
- Rick Bartl (President and Director)
- Jane Pratt Parks (Secretary and 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
Since 2011 our mission has been to develop write and produce original plays and theatrical experiences that celebrate and uplift our community while supporting worthy causes in the Mid-South
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025 Friends of Georges staged 2 plays 6 nights each in promotion of theatrical arts. We had 1,800 tickets purchased and in addition to the contribution to the advancement of community theater the resident company was able to provide a grant of $20,011 in upgrades for Theatreworks at the Evergreen Community Theatre.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 47% for direct work, and 53% for grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.8%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 49.2%; rating input score 49
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 53; 53rd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 160.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.8% of revenue deployed · 49.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.