Stage the Change Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471561014
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Dix Hills, NY, USA
Phone
5163753532
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,070
Expenses
$80,810
Assets
$26,456
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ruthie Pincus (Executive Director)
  • Elise May (President)
  • Ari Friedman (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Ruthie Pincus (Executive Director)
  • Elise May (President)
  • Ari Friedman (Vice President)

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

Mission Empower students to become global citizens through creativity and performance Provide communities with inspirational original performances that serve as a catalyst for change We are building a foundation for diverse inclusive communities where young artists are empowered with freedom of thought and encouraged to express their truth

What it reported doing in 2025

Voices of Change Students from diverse backgrounds and communities work together to find their to ind their similarities and differences As they collaborate they devise a theatrical presentation exploring life experiences cultural differences and social inequalities

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.5%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 54.3%; rating input score 54

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: -18.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -38.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.5% of revenue deployed · 54.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.