Tehachapi Community Theatre Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300120871
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tehachapi, CA, USA
Phone
8186818376
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,856
Expenses
$80,283
Assets
$78,297

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES CARHART (President)
  • NENA THORNBURG (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES CARHART (President)
  • NENA THORNBURG (Vice President)
  • KAREN WHITTINGTON (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

Tehachapi Community Theatre Association (TCTA) creates meaningful live theatrical experiences that engage, entertain and inspire audiences of all ages. TCTA celebrates local talent, nutures personal growth through theatrical productions, supports the perfoming arts, and strengthens our community through the operation of the historic BeeKay Theatre.

What it reported doing in 2025

During the 2025 season, TCTA presented the following productions: "Enchanted April and Private Lives" (plays), as well as the musicals "The Sound of Music and Winter Wonderettes'. The actors, producers, directors, stage managers, lighting and sound technicians, ushers and box office duties are all performed by volunteers from Tehachapi and surrounding communities.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 47; 47th 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: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.