Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237398683
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4123168200
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,191,197
- Expenses
- $7,894,442
- Assets
- $13,214,037
- Liabilities
- $1,681,700
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
33 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- MARYA SEA KAMINSKI (ARTISTIC DIR): $179,287 total reported compensation
- SHAUNDA MCDILL (MANAGING DIR): $175,206 total reported compensation
- MONICA BOWIN (DIR OF PROD): $131,991 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. Pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)
What it reported doing in 2023
Productions - including a series of artistically diverse plays, productions, readings, and artistic costs. The public presented six productions running for a total of 159 performances in its 2023-2024 season: billy strayhorn: something to live for, a tell-tale heart, a christmas story: the play, dragon lady, the importance of being earnest, and the coffin maker. Total attendance was 34,932.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.4%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.4% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 29 of 29 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $179K · 33 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.