Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200792434
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5034655302
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$338,866
Expenses
$382,593
Assets
$232,580
Liabilities
$20,055

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • AMBER WHITEHALL (Director): $40,800 total reported compensation
  • JACOB COLEMAN (Director): $40,650 total reported compensation
  • CRISTI MILLS (FOUNDING MEMBER): $38,400 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Portland experimental theatre ensemble is dedicated to proposing new ways of being through creative inquiry and performance.

What it reported doing in 2024

Production: pete produces one to two full theatrical productions a season aswell as at least one workshop in portland, or. We create eachwork through a collaborative process utilizing performancecomposition techniques. While every production defines its ownaesthetic needs, our work is marked by an interest in rigor, physical storytelling and notions of psychological surrealism.all performances are open to the public and our audiences rangefrom 100 for a weekend workshop to over 1,000 for a three-weekrun. Our work is supported by grants, individual donations, commissions and ticket sales. Since 2011, pete has produced 20 fullproductions (r3: after shakespeare, song of the dodo, the threesisters, enter the night, drowned horse tavern, all well, or thewhale, procedures for saying no, deception unit, uncle vanya, howto learn, our ruined house, beckett women, weather room, fronteriza, the cherry orchard, the americans, cardiac organ, aseagull, aw, hell).

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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 69.2%; rating input score 69; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.6% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $331K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $41K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.