The Merlin Players
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411896629
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Owatonna, MN, USA
- Phone
- 5074519022
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVE SEARL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ALANE BENDTSEN (TREASURER)
- MATT DRENTH (VICE PRESIDE)
- HILARY PICK (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The merlin players will strive to provide professional, affordable theatre experiences to audiences throughout southeastern Minnesota. These productions will offer audiences, actors, technical staff, and directers challenges for artistic growth. In partnership with area high schools, we will also provide learning opportunities for student audiences, actors and technical staff.
What it reported doing in 2022
Produce theatrical shows in southeastern Minnesota. Operations ceased in the 2021-22 year.
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
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 0 of 1 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2022
- 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 I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.