Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223014821
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Mansfield, MA, USA
Phone
5089649198
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$276,178
Expenses
$289,850
Assets
$374,119
Liabilities
$148

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER BRINDLEY (MUSICAL THEATER PRESIDENT)
  • BRIE LEMIRE (HS DIVISION PRESIDENT)
  • JON DIPRIMA (MS DIVISION PRESIDENT)
  • DONNIE NORTON (HS VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE FINKE (MS VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATIE FLEISCHER (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $23,004 total reported compensation
  • DENNIS CANTY (EXEC DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)): $23,004 total reported compensation
  • MEG O'BRIEN (BOARD MEMBER): $1,550 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Massachusetts educational theater guild inc exists for the charitable and educational purpose of promoting and strengthening excellence, access, and education in the theatrical arts for middle and secondary school students and teachers.for more than 80 years the organization has been a leader in arts education, believing that theatre has a unique power to enruch and transform young people's lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization was formed to provide theatre education and training programs to middle school and high school students and teachers. The organization conducts a middle school and high school drama festival and competition, which originally restricted participation to participating member schools only. The competition is currently open to all public, private, and parochial middle and high schools in the commonwealth. Through participation in the festival, students interested in acting, directing, and technical theatre gain valuable performance and production experience. The organization recognizes the talents of college bound high school seniors and rewards their excellence in the areas of performance and scenic design.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $262K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $23K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.