GC Kids On Stage Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993044845
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Snow Hill, NC, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,657
Expenses
$168,155
Assets
$10,483

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Parker Harris (Artistic Director)
  • Suzanne Hubbard (Production Manager)
  • Shaina Ruth (Choreographer)

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

Kids On Stage was formed to provide children and teens with high-quality performing arts education and production experiences in a safe inclusive and encouraging environment. The organization exists to use theater as a tool for youth development helping young people build confidence creativity leadership teamwork communication skills and personal responsibility. Through fully staged productions Kids On Stage seeks to make the performing arts accessible while inspiring the next generation of artists leaders and community members. Its primary exempt purpose is educational using theater and arts-based experiences to enrich the lives of young people and strengthen the community through the arts.

What it reported doing in 2025

KOS All Stars: In 2025 the Kids On Stage All Stars program provided advanced performance leadership and theatrical training opportunities for selected youth performers through participation in nationally recognized theater education festivals. As part of this program students traveled to Junior Theater Festival Atlanta 2025 in January 2025 where they presented Dot and the Kangaroo JR and earned significant recognition including an All Festival Performance selection and Excellence in Pod highest adjudication score. Individual participants were also recognized for outstanding achievement. In February 2025 the All Stars program expanded its reach by traveling to Junior Theater Festival West 2025 where participants performed Disneys Mary Poppins JR and earned the Excellence in Dance award. Additionally as a result of the programs continued artistic excellence the Kids On Stage All Stars were selected to present a brand new musical as part of the New Works Showcase giving participants the unique opportunity to help develop and perform new theatrical material alongside leading professionals in the industry. Through these national festival experiences the All Stars program advanced the organizations exempt educational purpose by providing high-level training in musical theater choreography performance technique teamwork leadership and artistic excellence while allowing youth performers to represent their community on a national stage.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 80.6%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 61.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 62.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.4% of revenue deployed · 80.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $136K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.