Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954164089
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3234457135
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,404
Expenses
$41,752
Assets
$76,752
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tiffany Nitsche (President, Board of Directors)
  • Wendell Benedetti (Vice President, Board of Directors)

People named in this filing

  • Tiffany Nitsche (President, Board of Directors)
  • Wendell Benedetti (Vice President, Board of Directors)
  • April Wright (Treasurer, Board of Directors)

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

To protect, preserve, restore and sustain the historic theatre resources of Los Angeles County through advocacy and education.

What it reported doing in 2025

The primary focus this year was getting back to basics with advocacy and working on lingering projects with partners and historic theatre resources. In 2019, the historic Star neon sign came in to our possession in partnership with the city for restoration and re-installation. COVID derailed the project due to the fundraising needs of the project. The Star restoration was relaunched in 2025 and has two of the three scheduled phases completed. Fundraising campaigns will take the forefront in 2026 to replenish the general fund so that the organization can work more closely on restoration and protection of our resources, ultimately fulfilling our original mission pillars.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.8%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 47.9%; rating input score 48

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.8%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.8% of revenue deployed · 47.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.