Playwrights Theater Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411706938
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6123327481
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROLYN BYE (President)
- LORI-ANNE WILLIAMS (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- CAROLYN BYE (President)
- LORI-ANNE WILLIAMS (Vice President)
- LAURA ZABEL (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
To support The Playwrights' Center, a group located in Minneapolis, whose mission is to champion playwrights and plays to build upon a living theater that demands new and innovative works.
What it reported doing in 2017
Fellowships-Made possible by the McKnight and Jerome foundations, fellowships provide more than $315,000 each year for residencies, commissions, and development funds. Through these fellowships, the Playwrights' Center functions as a home for: two Minnesota-based McKnight Fellows in Playwriting; one nationally-based McKnight National Residency and Commission fellow; three McKnight Theater Artist fellows; four nationally-based Jerome fellowships for emerging playwrights; two Many Voices fellows of color (one Minnesota-based); and one Minnesota-based Many Voices mentee of color.Core Writers-The Core Writer program gives 25-30 playwrights from across the country the time and tools to develop new works for the stage. All Core Writers receive play development workshops at the Center in collaboration with prominent directors, actors, dramaturgs, and designers. Selected work by Core Writers makes up the formal season of public readings: the annual PlayLabs festival and Ruth Easton New Play Series. The Center also promotes Core Writers and gives them opportunities to connect with producing theaters, colleges, and universities through the Regulars and New Plays on Campus programs.Membership-Membership is open to all and provides more than 2,000 playwrights worldwide with tools, resources, and support. Benefits include a database of playwriting opportunities, online and in-person classes and seminars, access to readings with professional actors, dramaturgical services, and more. In addition, the Playwrights' Center's New Plays on Campus program serves dozens of colleges and universities nationwide, providing script-matching services, arranging playwright residencies, and offering immersive apprenticeships to student playwrights.
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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -40% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 1 of 1 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2017
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.