Stage Kids Etc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263260961
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Big Sur, CA, USA
Phone
8316205125
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,796
Expenses
$46,001
Assets
$48,009

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rachael Short (President)

People named in this filing

  • Angela Padilla (Treasurer)
  • Rachael Short (President)
  • Catherine Fanoe (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

Stage Kids Etc, Inc. is organized for purposes of providing educational, cultural, and leadership programs and activities for children and young adults in Big Sur, California, and its surrounding communities and counties. In furtherance of such purposes, the Corporation shall (i) operate one or more summer theater arts programs for children ages 6 to 17 years old, (ii) operate a teen mentoring program, wherein teenagers will assume leadership roles, such as assistant director or art department leader, in the summer theater arts program operated by the Corporation, and attend additional leadership skills workshops and training, and (iii) provide scholarships to children and young adults in the Big Sur community to attend educational camps and programs, such as music camps, leadership and theatre camps.

What it reported doing in 2025

For 27 years StageKids! has provided a summer theatre arts program that supplements art programs offered during the school year. StageKids! is a safe, nurturing, fun, educational and creative local event in which all of the Big Sur youth population can engage during the summer months and return to each year to build upon the skills and experiences they have acquired. Out of the total StageKids! participants, a majority are returning students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.4%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91

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: 35%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.4% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.