Palo Alto High School Theatre Boosters

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 510486309
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location: Palo Alto, CA, USA
Phone: 5106730634
Rating: 65
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Theater

Reported finances

Revenue: $85,362
Expenses: $101,676
Assets: $18,035

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

NICOLE PITMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

NICOLE PITMAN (PRESIDENT)
MATT PETITT (SECRETARY)
M FRANCES DAVIES (TREASURER)

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

Palo alto high school theatre boosters (paly boosters) provides monetary and volunteer support to the theater department at palo alto high school located in palo alto, California, including assistance with production of the plays produced by the department and enrichment for program participants.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support of costs for palo alto high school tripsto the Oregon shakespeare festival, California state theatre festival. Students also attended local festivals

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 63% 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 total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 58
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 22
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 62%; rating input score 62
Program expense ratio: 52%; rating input score 52

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -19.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -90% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 62% of revenue deployed · 52% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
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.

Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.