Benchmark Theatre

Legal name: The E Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010563501
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lakewood, CO, United States
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,470
Expenses
$22,184
Assets
$25,583
Liabilities
$20,000

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH BLACK (PRESIDENT)
  • HALEY JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MELANIE MAYNER (OFFICER)
  • JOSEPH BLACK (PRESIDENT)
  • HALEY JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Benchmark Theatre is to produce established and premiere theatrical arts that stimulate, educate, and entertain. We strive to engender conversations about the universal human experience and nourish the imaginative spirit of our community through thought-provoking productions. We do theatre with intention.

What it reported doing in 2024

The e project endeavors to contribute to the elevations of the Colorado front ranges theatrical presence and audience experience with unique, high-quality productions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -539.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.