Sideshow Theatre NFP

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261477606
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
4349627701
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$107,761
Expenses
$112,710
Assets
$23,826
Liabilities
$913

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Walters (Board President)
  • Brian Pastor (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas Bergin (Board Treasurer)
  • Geoff Bridges (Board Secretary)
  • Jonathan L Green (Board Member)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Theatre performances, readings, developing new work

What it reported doing in 2021

Produced (3) House Party Events (Virtual readings and streaming)Produced staged reading: Sideshow Freshness Initiative40 people benefited

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 23
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.2%; rating input score 23
  • Program expense ratio: 22.2%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 61.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -72.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.2% of revenue deployed · 22.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.