Puppetart
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383279650
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- West Bloomfield, MI, USA
- Phone
- 3139617777
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,187
- Expenses
- $15,469
- Assets
- $36,527
- Liabilities
- $31,250
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- Lyudmila Mikheyenko (Treasurer)
- Aaron Timlin (Board Member)
- Barbara Gottschalk (Board Member)
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
To explore a variety of cultures and foster an appreciation of the wisdom of traditions, the beauty of spirit and art of diverse communities through puppet performances, exhibits and classes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Puppetart brings the art of puppetry(experimental and contemporary)through a variety of plays, folktales and ethnic traditions; offers a multitude of programs aimed at all levels of study; the history of puppetry, famous puppeteers and work of local artists.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 12
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16.3%; rating input score 16
- Program expense ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 5
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -68.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.36; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 16.3% of revenue deployed · 5.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $791 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.