The Community Hall Foundation Inc Dba Akron Civic Theatre
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341015948
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
- Location
- Akron, OH, USA
- Phone
- 3305353179
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,085,721
- Expenses
- $11,141,243
- Assets
- $24,907,352
- Liabilities
- $3,754,430
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CRISTINA GONZALEZ ALCALA (PRESIDENT)
- BRAD WRIGHT (FORMER VICE PRESIDENT (LEFT 7/25))
- KIMBERLY MORGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- HOWARD PARR (EXEC DIRECTOR): $213,753 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The akron civic theatre, a historical and vibrant nonprofit cultural arts center in downtown akron, enriches the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds throughout the region by presenting a diverse array of local and national performing artists and community events. In fy 2025, the akron civic theatre hosted 393 public events and many tours, rehearsals and auditions. Attendance at fy 2025 events was 169,065 and 185 dedicated volunteers gave 13,402 hours to greet and assist patrons. Through our all access program, we distributed 8,000 free ticket vouchers to economically disadvantaged families and senior citizens served by our partner social service agencies for concerts, family shows, musicals, and special events.
What it reported doing in 2024
The community hall foundation dba akron civic theatre provides administrative, fiscal, logistical, and technical support to the city of akron in relation to its programming of lock 3 and lock 4 parks. Lock 3 hosts a series of free friday night concerts from memorial day to labor day, a series of saturday evening concerts from late june through labor day, and a number of festivals including the rib white and blue festival over fourth of july and the italian american festival the following week. Lock 4 hosts a series of jazz, blues and gospel concerts during the summer months.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.24; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $9.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.