The Actors' Group (Tag)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990315647
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
2068199488
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$219,939
Expenses
$171,817
Assets
$178,979
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIC NEMOTO (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAURIE TANOURA (TREASURER/PRODUCTION/MANAG): $29,123 total reported compensation
  • BRAD POWELL (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR): $19,875 total reported compensation
  • DAVID HUNT (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR): $18,561 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Tag operates with the goal of providing to the public innovative, alternative theatre productions in an intimate setting.

What it reported doing in 2025

Core program #1 title: a season of six thought-provoking stage productions average attendance: 500 brief description: tag is known for seasons unlike those of any other theatre in Hawaii. Tag's productions are eclectic in type, diverse in subject matter, frequently not produced anywhere else in Hawaii, often world premieres, and provide opportunities to new playwrights. Our 26-27 season will continue the remount of august wilson's american century cycle with two more of his plays in historical sequence, portraying the black experience in the seventh and eighth decades of 20th century america. Core program #2 title: dark night and weekend productions average attendance: 175 brief description: tag uses its theater to maximum capacity. Once a production begins, the nights of smtw, and saturday daytime, are often open for at least two weeks. Tag fills these times with shows such as reader's theatre, improvisation acts, and musical revues. Core program #3 title: acting classes for children average attendance: 20

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 9
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.3%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 49%; rating input score 49
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.9%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.3% of revenue deployed · 49% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $84K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $29K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.