Ridley Performing Arts Program
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883692990
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Ridley Park, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2674717352
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $96,172
- Expenses
- $84,746
- Assets
- $52,711
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ethan McKellar (Executive Director/Board Member)
People named in this filing
- Ethan McKellar (Executive Director/Board Member)
- Kyleigh Bleacher (Program Director/Board Member)
- Kristina Clark (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ridley Performing Arts Program's primary exempt purpose is to provide accessible performing arts education and theatrical programming that develops artistic skills, leadership, teamwork, and personal growth among youth and members of the Ridley School District community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Ridley Performing Arts Program provides fully produced theatrical experiences for youth and young adults, including musicals and other live performances. Participants receive hands-on experience in acting, singing, dancing, technical theatre, and the production process while working alongside experienced teaching artists and production staff. During the reporting period, RPAP produced multiple theatrical productions serving youth performers and engaging thousands of audience members from Ridley and surrounding communities. These programs advance RPAP's mission by providing accessible opportunities for artistic development, collaboration, and community participation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 82% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.7% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.