Players of the Stage Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475126361
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- New Tripoli, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6107304769
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,212
- Expenses
- $41,095
- Assets
- $21,896
- Liabilities
- $1,399
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVINA DERRICKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- HILLARY SPEAR (PRESIDENT)
- AMINAH MASENHEIMER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELISABETH BARSHINGER (PRODUCTION MANAGER)
- DAVINA DERRICKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- HILLARY SPEAR (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Players of the stage is a non-profit christian youth theater that has raised more than $272,000 for local charities in the lehigh valley. Players of the stage exists to celebrate god's glory by developing the unique character, voice and talents of actors through staging entertaining and thought-provoking productions and to support, through its proceeds, humanitarian organizations in the lehigh valley.
What it reported doing in 2024
Players of the stage produced amateurs as its spring show and alice's adventures in wonderland as its fall show. 12 talented students performed amateurs. Three shows were offered. After each performance a donation was taken for bloom for women inc, a local charity which offers sanctuary and a continuum of care to heal, empower and employ survivors of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. A total of $4037 was donated to bloom for women. Alice's adventures in wonderland was performed 8 times by 30 talented actors. After each performance a donation was taken for allentown h.o.p.e kids whose goal is to inspire underprivileged and disadvantaged children ages 5-12 who reside in inner city allentown to a better future through gospel-centered community services and programs. A total of $4589 was raised for h.o.p.e. Kids. A representative from each charity attends each performance and gives some information on what their organization does to support the community. This gives the actors a chance to see the good that can be done in their community by using and sharing their god-given talents.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 74% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.3%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 51.9%; 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: -31.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.3% of revenue deployed · 51.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.