Motor Company Nyc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923767615
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Jackson Heights, NY, USA
Phone
9175669807
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,236
Expenses
$43,472
Assets
$10,951
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LILLIAN MEREDITH (FOUNDER)
  • ANTHONY DELUISE JR (TREASURER)
  • EMILY ABRONS (SECRETARY)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The motor company is dedicated to creating and producing theater that is accessible and community oriented. Our aim is to heighten our relationships to our city and surroundings by using public spaces as the impetus for storytelling and theatrical events. Our shows are always free and open to everyone.

What it reported doing in 2024

The motor company produces 2-3 site-responsive free events every year. In the spring, we present a full-length play, and in the fall we run our annual communal spaces festival of music and plays written for and performed in a community garden in queens, while also maintaining room in our budget to do additional co-productions with other companies and artists. We also run a seven-week free summer playwriting program for 9-12 year old students in woodside.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 47.3%; rating input score 47

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -32% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -32.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53% of revenue deployed · 47.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.