The Northeast Childrens Theatre Company Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452499804
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Westport, CT, USA
Phone
2038221540
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,121
Expenses
$82,254
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CHIP CAMPBELL (CHAIRMAN)
  • STEVEN SAMUELS (VICE-CHAIRMA)
  • DAVID SCHWARTZ (TREASURER)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To introduce and enhance the theatre going experience for children through age appropriate and family friendly theatrical programming and provide access to the dramatic arts through educational programming for children of all ages

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 95% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.6% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2015
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.