Riverside Dickens Festival Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330617090
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Riverside, CA, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Commemorative Events

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,136
Expenses
$53,381
Assets
$2,587
Liabilities
$1,540

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nancy Smith (President)
  • John Karitosis (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Nancy Smith (President)
  • John Karitosis (Vice President)
  • Doug Grant (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our nonprofit provides literary education through immersive experiences using reenactment and performing arts. By bringing literature to life on stage we engage students in a dynamic and interactive learning environment. Through creative interpretation and live performances we aim to enhance literacy skills and foster a love for literature among participants.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Riverside Dickens Festival held on February 21 & 22 2026 at White Park in Riverside CA drew 1300 participants who engaged in historical reenactments enjoyed actor performances musical shows and attended informative lectures. This event provided a platform for the community to immerse themselves in the rich world of Charles Dickens stories fostering a love for literature and history through interactive experiences performances and educational sessions.

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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 72.6%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -42.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.9% of revenue deployed · 72.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.