Servant Stage Company

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464064528
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Strasburg, PA, US
Phone
(717) 455-0255
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,184,914
Expenses
$846,066
Assets
$1,033,215
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Johnathan Bauer (president)
  • Doug Myer (vice president)

Highest reported compensation

  • Johnathan Bauer (president): $39,500 total reported compensation
  • Jennifer Norgaard (secretary): $30,846 total reported compensation
  • Adam Norgaard (trustee): $2,650 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide family-friendly theatre that delights, inspires, and educates while creating an inclusive and welcoming experience for every audience member.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education: Servant Stage Company seeks to make theatre education in Lancaster County easily accessible for students of all abilities and backgrounds (especially students with financial limitations) by offering free or affordable arts education programs throughout the year. Our theatre education programs involved: 1. Over 400 students ages 8-19, participating in 8 youth productions or musicals. 2. 64 pay-what-you-will weekly theatre classes allowing 373 students of all ages to take classes from 26 local professionals in all aspects of theatre, including acting, singing, dancing, directing, costume design, technical theatre, auditions, cold-reads, acting for film, Shakespeare, etc. Total attendance was 946 students. 3. Servant Stage Youth Companies (Teen, Apprentice, and Junior) are training grounds for performers ages 12-19 who wish to continue to hone their theatre skills, and who are considering pursuing theatre as an interest beyond high school. Ovee 80 students receive weekly classes in acting, dancing, and singing taught by an experienced panel of instructors from here in Lancaster as well as visiting industry professionals. Students also receive specialty lessons in audition preparation, headshot/resumes, networking, and general theatre disciplines.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.2%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 62.2% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $690K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $40K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.