Stagebridge
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942894993
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5104444755
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,149,780
- Expenses
- $226,002
- Assets
- $853,311
- Liabilities
- $13,190
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Eleanor Clement Glass (Vice President)
- Mel Terry (President)
People named in this filing
- Eleanor Clement Glass (Vice President)
- Mel Terry (President)
- Prescott Cole (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
To foster a vibrant community where all lifelong learners are celebrated and enriched through the performing arts. Stagebridge's program accomplishments during the year reached a broad and diverse community of older adults, families, and intergenerational audiences: Seniors Reaching Out engaged more than 200 limited mobility and chair-bound seniors, involved 15 volunteers, offered 3 quarters of Performing Arts Classes (PAI) to 75 seniors, produced over 20 culminating showcases, and reached 150 Bay Area families through Storytelling outreach. During our Summer Cabaret of Performing Arts, more than 60 students performed for over 300 audience members. Stagebridge's revenue increase reflects a a one-time legacy gift and Covid-19 ERC funds, which strengthened net assets and reduced liabilities. We're continuing growth through expanded marketing and renewed fundraising.
What it reported doing in 2024
Public Performances: Stagebridge produced multiple public events, including Nana's Storytelling Hour, in partnership with Books Inc., Alameda, CA. This program shared folktales from around the world with more than 150 Bay Area Families through storytelling outreach, strengthening intergenerational connection and cultural appreciation. Additional performances, including the New Beginnings Singing Concert and the Summer Cabaret of Performing Arts, showcased 60 students' talent and engaged the broader Bay Area community audience of 300.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% 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 and most voting board members are independent. 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: 17
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 87
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7.7%; rating input score 8
- Program expense ratio: 38.7%; rating input score 39
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: 80.3%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.78; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 7.7% of revenue deployed · 38.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $87K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.