Pasadena Playhouse Alumni & Associates
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953750086
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8189800956
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $30,450
- Expenses
- $51,960
- Assets
- $488,796
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VALERIE AMIDON (President)
- ANNE LA ROSE (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- VALERIE AMIDON (President)
- ANNE LA ROSE (Vice President)
- ROBERT MUEHLHAUSEN (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of our association is to 1) hold together people who have been associated with the pasadena playhouse state theatre, especially its college of theatre arts, 2) encourage among its members an interest in theater education, 3) stimulate creativity in all theater arts, and 4) provide financial and service support to the pasadena playhouse. The primary financial support for theater education is the award of annual scholarships to needy and talented theater students. In addition, we 1) maintain archives of the pasadena playhouse and their library of theater arts books and other material for educational purposes, 2) provide volunteers to assist in tours of the playhouse for public groups and for special performances for student audiences, 3) mail quarterly newsletters on both alumni and playhouse activities, 4) maintain a website that also provides information on alumni and the playhouse, and 5) provide periodic donations for playhouse operations.
What it reported doing in 2017
Scholarships were awarded to five college students that allowed these young people with limited financial resources to gain training and experience in all areas of professional theater. Recipient selections are made annually based on detailed applications that are reviewed by a subcommittee of our board members. In 2016, $5,000 scholarships were made to students at american musical & dramatic academy, Arizona state university, California state university fullerton, university of California, los angeles, and cornish college of the arts. The scholarship fund was established several years ago with an endowment from the henry sumid estate. Scholarship funds are sent directly to the schools in order to ensure that the monies are used to pay for school expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 64%; rating input score 64
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -70.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.41; rating input score 92; 92nd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 64% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.