National New Play Network Ltd
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 134018585
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lake Worth Beach, FL, USA
- Phone
- 2023125270
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,203,075
- Expenses
- $1,294,899
- Assets
- $872,063
- Liabilities
- $318,643
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LYNDSAY BURCH (PRESIDENT)
- MARGUERITE HANNAH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- NANCY BARNETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- NANCY BARNETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $112,027 total reported compensation
- REGINALD DOUGLAS (DIRECTOR): $650 total reported compensation
- JENNI WERNER (DIRECTOR): $555 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 national new play network is the country's alliance of non-profit theatres that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays.
What it reported doing in 2024
Other programs - including: the national showcase of new plays (nsnp) presents a vetted selection of six new plays for members from across the country in a staged reading format. The showcase is produced by a member theater in a different city each year, and nnpn pays travel costs so that each core member has representatives in attendance. More than 120 plays have received showcase readings, and as of july 2018, 106 of them had received world premiere productions within the next two seasons, more than 80 of them at nnpn members.residency: for over a decade, nnpn's producer in residence program has supported season-long residences at nnpn core member theaters for those committed to furthering their career efforts toward the creation and production of new plays. While immersed in the day-to-day operations of their host theater, residents learn about nnpn's successful models for collaboration, deepen their connections to the artists and leaders of the network, and increase their visibility within the field.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.1%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 58.3%; rating input score 58
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 98.4%; rating input score 98; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.1% of revenue deployed · 58.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 29 of 29 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $755K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 30 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 40 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 28 filed related-organization links
- 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: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.