Intiman Theatre

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237328597
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2064417178
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,706,937
Expenses
$1,616,354
Assets
$707,600
Liabilities
$93,538

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHAH KEVIN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER ZEYL (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR): $97,222 total reported compensation
  • FRUGE WESLEY (MANAGING DIRECTOR): $94,742 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing theatrical performances to the general public and developing theatrical talents.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule ointiman theatre (the theatre) uses the power of story and education to activate dialogue, confront inequity, and build collective joy. In the summer of 2021, intiman became the professional theatre-in-residence at seattle central college (scc) in the heart of the capitol hill arts district adjacent to downtown. This new, groundbreaking partnership with scc included a permanent home for the theatre administrative offices, shops and rehearsals, with productions happening at the erickson theatre and broadway performance hall on the scc campus. __as part of this agreement, intiman now operates an associate of arts degree emphasis in technical theatre for social justice at the college, which launched in september 2021.intiman was founded in 1972 and won the 2006 tony award for outstanding regional theatre, the 2018 and 2024 gregory award for outstanding musical, and a 2019 mayor's arts award. With a vision to create and share exceptional theatrical experiences while fostering a vibrant community rooted in curiosity, empathy, and bravery, intiman places its audiences, artists, and students at the heart of everything they do. The theatre's values are to be inclusive, encourage empathy, embrace evolution, strengthen racial equity, cultivate an environment of trust and transparency, and to engage the local community. In an effort to expand access, their "free for everyone" program gives away free tickets for every performance to anyone who signs up, and to local students and community organizations. Equal importance is placed on educational offerings, including the starfish project: a free-of-cost technical theatre mentoring program primarily serving seattle's low-income high school aged youth, and the aa degree with seattle central college.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.