My Nose Turns Red Theatre Company

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311203908
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Covington, KY, USA
Phone
8595817100
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,374
Expenses
$163,850
Assets
$14,307
Liabilities
$52,412

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEAN ST JOHN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ERIN ROLL (PRESIDENT)
  • GRACE ROYALTY (PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEAN ST JOHN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $30,770 total reported compensation
  • STEVE ROENKER (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $18,690 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Through the art of the theatrical clown and the one-ring circus, my nose turns reds cultivates a supportive environment that inspires youth to challenge themselves, develop essential life skills and engage audiences.

What it reported doing in 2025

My nose turns reds (mntr) year-round circus arts programs are designed to build youth capacity in persistance, confidence, creativity and collaboration. The circus youth in action, mntrs creative youth development program, ages 13-18, builds teens critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication. After-school and summer camps - the experience of learning circus skills, and performing in showcases for their friends and families fosters youth empowerment and strengthens trust and solidarity within the community. Mnr performances - mntr produces the annual youth circus extravaganza, ten free circus in the parks programs and circ-a-thon, offering diverse opportunities for community involvement and celebration. Mntr also performs at schools, libraries, and special events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 70.1%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -24.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.66; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -45.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 70.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $31K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.