Marquee Youth Stage

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274836446
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
St Charles, IL, USA
Phone
6307620354
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$439,452
Expenses
$365,576
Assets
$364,494
Liabilities
$116,597

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Samantha Jens (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Concepcion Flores (Executive Dir.): $61,154 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Marquee Youth Stage(MY Stage) mission is to foster educational opportunities for youth in the St Charles community through creative use theater. Also, MY Stage has the civic aim of increasing the publics awareness and appreciation of live theater. MY Stage also strives to encourage literacy, promote positive development in adolescence and young adults and enhance the learning experiences by using theater as a creative communication medium. MY Stage strives to create and maintain the theater as a place of education, illumination, recognition and exploration.

What it reported doing in 2024

MY Stage holds public performances and organizes educational classes and interactive participatory workshops for adolescents. MY Stage is committed to creating opportunities for empowering youth, building character, enriching minds and serving the communities it reaches.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 85% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 13 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $343K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2018 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.