Other Voices Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522046378
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Frederick, MD, USA
Phone
3016623722
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Dance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$226,690
Expenses
$237,560
Assets
$42,973
Liabilities
$1,507

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAYLE WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JEFF ELKINS (TREASURER)
  • LESLEY VANDEVER (SECRETARY)
  • GAYLE WILLIAMS (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We believe that the arts are a way to not only entertain, but to build relationships. Our community onstage, community offstage mission recognizes that our volunteers not only come together to perform as a community, but play an integral role in their own community as well. In living this mission, ovt performs a community service project in tandem with each production.

What it reported doing in 2023

Other voices continued to be the resident theater company at the performing arts factory. Other voices was established in 1998 to offer the community a comprehensive theatre and dance experience through providing productions, workshops, and performance opportunities. Other voices has expanded through the years and now other voices currently produces 4 mainstage and 2 family theatre shows a year in the performing arts factory's 114 seat theater. The easter weekend production of the new adventures of alice in wonderland has been continually running since 1996 at the weinberg center for the arts in downtown frederick. Other voices also maintained a children's theatre touring company that took productions to elementary schools and day care centers in the frederick county area. Other voices is a company with a philosophy of commitment to exploring the arts as an opportunity to entertain, grow, and encourage relationships and learning.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $225K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.