Jungle Theater

Legal name: Jungle Theatre

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411677757
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Minneapolis, MN, US
Phone
612.822.7063
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,353,761
Expenses
$1,597,583
Assets
$1,063,041
Liabilities
$517,571

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Rachel Murch-D'Olimpio (Managing Director): $90,547 total reported compensation
  • Christina Baldwin (Artistic Director): $71,690 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We create courageous, potent theater that challenges, entertains, and sparks expansive conversation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mainstage productions: our 2023-24 season sustained our commitment to a mix of productions built in-house along with presented productions. Our season included sold-out devised work "dinner for one created by jungle's artistic director, christina baldwin, and local theatermakers sun mee chomet and jim lichtscheidl. We also partnered with the moving company to produce their brand new adaptation called "say all the truth and with we are married to present their bold immersive play called "rich dogs". These three shows rounded out our fall 2023 offerings and played to sold out crowds. We finished our mainstage season with a regional premier of playwright indra craig glavan's "a jumping-off point". Along side our mainstage season, we also produced several play readings and a new works festival featuring our artistic cohort members, katie ka vang and isabella star lablanc. We also continued our pay as you are ticket model - paya tix model has been very successful since its implementation in 2021. The market price of our tix is $45, though patrons can choose to pay more or less between $15 and $95, no questions asked. Last year 4,483 people used the under $45 tix option, which is approximately 40% of our audience and is a statistic we are proud of. In addition to increasing economic accessibility, other last season successes include: 20% of patrons are new to jungle expanded open captioning to all readings (plus several nights of full productions + asl interpretation & audio descriptions) racial/ethnic diversity: increased bipoc patrons by 17% artistic cohort in 4th year - gives artists from underrepresented groups access to development & artistic leadership opportunities 7% increase in patrons with disabilities

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 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.8%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st 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: Limited
  • 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.8% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 45 of 46 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.