Sarasota Jewish Theatre
Legal name: Sarasota Jewish Theatre Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 884104787
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Sarasota, FL, United States
- Phone
- 941-232-4123
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $283,826
- Expenses
- $250,541
- Assets
- $113,454
- Liabilities
- $3,827
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- CAROLYN MICHEL (CHAIR)
- ETHEL GOSS (TREASURER)
- ALICE COTMAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sarasota Jewish Theatre celebrates Jewish life, literature and culture in all its beauty and complexity through classic and contemporary live theatre, outreach programs, and community conversations. 2025–2026 DONORS (February 1, 2025 – June 2026) We offer our deepest gratitude and a big round of applause to those who have generously donated to Sarasota Jewish Theatre. Without their support, we would not be able to present the 2025-26 season. For those who wish to invest in our future, your tax-deductible donation can be made to:. We offer our deepest gratitude and a big round of applause to those who have generously donated to Sarasota Jewish Theatre. For those who wish to invest in our future, your tax-deductible donation can be made to: Sarasota Jewish Theatre.
What it reported doing in 2024
Production of plays that focus on celebration of work of jewish playwrights and education of attendees about jewish dramatic literature, culture, values, history, and experience.
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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.7%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 31.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 50.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $243K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.