Ripe Time Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134189725
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
9177718450
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,962
Expenses
$7,739
Assets
$8,605
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WESLEY MIDDLETON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RACHEL DICKSTEIN (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & SECRET)
  • WESLEY MIDDLETON (PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY CUNNINGHAM (TRUSTEE)

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

Ripe time, inc. Is a theatre company formed to cultivate and enhance public interest and understanding in theater and mulitdisciplinary performance by developing, producing and performing new movement-based theatre works for a diverse public audience.

What it reported doing in 2024

During fy25, ripe time developed two productions, in-[finite] time, created with composer rinde eckert and womenwaterrising, created with jean rohe. Most of the development for the latter was in individual creative meetings between director rachel dickstein, jean rohe andprojections designer hana s. Kim. For in[finite] time, the company held one weeklong workshop in may 2025 in New York city with actors rinde eckert and kelley curran. In the fall of 24, the company commissioned rinde eckert for the score with $3k commission. Director rachel dickstein also engaged in a residency at macdowell to write in[finite] time in june 2025. (there were no expenses incurred by this residency.) the company has also engaged in development/fundraising activities for future development of both pieces for future fiscal years. The company continued to work with amanda cooper of alc mangement trying to secure tour engagements for these two current projects and one past project (compass) and continues to maintain storage of the scenic elements of compass for possible future touring.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.1%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 48.5%; rating input score 48

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 48.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.1% of revenue deployed · 48.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 25/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.