San Diego Guild of Puppetry Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330578072
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Chula Vista, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6199875345
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,486
- Expenses
- $130,248
- Assets
- $169,972
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lynne Jennings (Executive Director/Board President)
- Mary Decker (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Lynne Jennings (Executive Director/Board President)
- Mary Decker (Vice President)
- Mary Johnson Powell (Secretary)
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
We are a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to sharing the magic of puppet theatre through education outreach performances and special events.
What it reported doing in 2025
Performances, Libraries (WOL, Casa de Oro, Borrego Springs, Santee, San Marcos, Alpine, Lakeside, Pacific Beach, Oak Park), Community Events - City Heights Dia de los Muertos, City Heights Multicultural Love Fest, Schools, Old Globe theatre, Yr end and Holiday Printing. materials and travel reimbursements # served:14,353
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 88% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 52.9%; rating input score 53
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: -90.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 54; 54th 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: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 52.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.