Metropolitan Puppet Authority
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954806175
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Topanga, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3104283464
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Expenses
- $378
- Assets
- $1,122
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVEN BARR (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- STEVEN BARR (PRESIDENT)
- BEATZ RITZ (VICE PRESIDE)
- KINDRED GOTTLIEB (TREASURER)
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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Puppetry art and education
What it reported doing in 2020
Presentation of joan of arc puppet film at museum, cultural center and ucla to increase the public's awareness of the art of pupperty and history.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 38
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.97; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $378 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 3 of 3 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.