The Sterling Playmakers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541876352
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Sterling, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7034376117
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,527
- Expenses
- $76,041
- Assets
- $299,744
- Liabilities
- $37,056
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOHN GEDDIE (CHAIRMAN)
- TIM SILK (VICE-CHAIR)
- BARBARA GILLEN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To produce and promote theatrical arts for the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Theatrical productions - the organization had six main productions with a total of 2,700 attendees. The organization's wspr (radio theater) and on that note (cabaret) performed at various festivals, and the theater members provided technical, costume and staff support to various schools and community centers. The organization also donated season tickets to various charitable organizations for raffle fundraisers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 80% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 50.9%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 65.9%; rating input score 66
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.94; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 50.9% of revenue deployed · 65.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.