Harlem Stories Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464103188
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2129671100
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,331
Expenses
$34,077
Assets
$36,761
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH BENNETT (PRESIDENT & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SARAH BENNETT (PRESIDENT & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)
  • MAKILA MEYERS-BURGOS (TREASURER)
  • ERICA PALEY (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The harlem stories project, inc creates after school space for middle schoolers to imagine, write, and perform original theater here in harlem. Through theater, we embrace the creativity, joy, and responsibility that comes with being part of an ensemble.

What it reported doing in 2024

We operate 5 days a week out of west harlem building ensemble, learning improvisation and theater techniques, devising and performing original theater.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.9%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 47%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 101.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 106.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 130.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.9% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.