Night Fall Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463282277
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8603355458
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,116
Expenses
$64,889
Assets
$25,704
Liabilities
$5,225

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEANIKA BROWNE-SPRINGER (PRESIDENT)
  • MELLISSA CRAIG (VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • JEANIKA BROWNE-SPRINGER (PRESIDENT)
  • MELLISSA CRAIG (VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER)
  • DEREK HALL (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Public arts event

What it reported doing in 2025

Night Fall is an organization centered around community; sharing stories through various art media and a space where Everyone is Invited! Our annual theatrical performance in one of Hartford's many vibrant, public parks involves several interconnected stages, each with distinct activities and costs. It begins with community outreach, including promotional materials, workshops, and volunteer coordination to engage local residents. Planning and pre-production follow, covering creative development such as scriptwriting, concept design, and administrative tasks like meetings, permits, and staffing. The production phase includes building sets and puppets, preparing costumes, and arranging music and audio needs. Rehearsals require space rental, performer stipends, and technical preparation. On performance day, expenses cover stage setup, staffing, and audience logistics. Finally, post-event efforts include cleanup, media documentation, and program evaluation. The majority of the budget is allocated to performers, rehearsals, production materials, and the technical infrastructure needed to bring the show to life.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.2%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $65K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.