The Grand Theatre of Oelwein Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272242627
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Oelwein, IA, USA
Phone
3192835511
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,419
Expenses
$162,474
Assets
$277,238
Liabilities
$44,684

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shanna Tylee (President)
  • Mary Frisch (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Shanna Tylee (President)
  • Mary Frisch (Vice President)
  • Jan Grimes (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

To provide first run movies to the greater Oelwein Iowa area

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.3%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $164K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.