Gnome Haus Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824525559
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
7173049528
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,000
Expenses
$2,500
Assets
$226
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher Cusumano (President of the Board, and Co Founder)

People named in this filing

  • Christopher Cusumano (President of the Board, and Co Founder)
  • Joshua Moser (Board Treasurer and Cofounder)
  • Allison Hohman (Board 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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Gnome Haus crafts theatre, focusing on stories with elements of magic that feature Queer, POC, and Female identifying artists. We believe that gnomes are inventive, inquisitive, durable, grounded, assured, community based, and playful. We strive to emulate these seven qualities, and create conversations, through our art and workshops that create space for every gnome. Our programming includes a season kick-off showcase that announces our season, and donates the ticket sales for that event to another non-profit organization. Each season, we then develop and produce plays that have elements of magic or magical realism and feature narratives from Queer and POC communities. We hold community conversations (i.e. talkbacks) after select performances. We also offer workshops for teens and adults (i.e. college audition prep, voice workshops, writing workshops). To maximize our impact, we occasionally partner with/support similar non-profit organizations.

What it reported doing in 2019

In 2019 we produced a full length play and held community conversations, we held a writing workshop for young women of color with our playwright E. E. Wade, and we worked on development of another new play. (last year the ticket sales were donated to an organization called New Alternatives for LGBT Youth.). All of the expenses previously detailed were all expenses directly related to these events, as our board and regular staff are volunteer based.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -144.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -105% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.