International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621392924
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9013274994
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,512
Expenses
$107,071
Assets
$17,420
Liabilities
$10,847

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID ARMSTRONG (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • Avery T Knowlton (Vice President)
  • DAVID ARMSTRONG (President)
  • Allen Byassee (President)

People named in this filing

  • ANDREA HOFFMANN (BUSINESS AGENT)
  • DAVID ARMSTRONG (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • Keith Counce (Treasurer)

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

Assisting union members in securing employment in productions that require highly skilled and experienced stagehands in order to produce shows that enhance the quality of life of the community. Providing training and support to make sure the work environment is safe and that workers are paid a fare wage with benefits.

What it reported doing in 2025

Assisting union members in securing employment in productions that require highly skilled and experienced stagehands in order to produce shows that enhance the quality of life of the community

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 60

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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th 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 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.