Theatre Diaspora

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844010225
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5037655622
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$58,228
Expenses
$82,885
Assets
$52,157
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Catherine Ming Tien Duffly (Board President)
  • Fransisco Garcia (Board Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Catherine Ming Tien Duffly (Board President)
  • Fransisco Garcia (Board Vice President)
  • Alex Haslett (Board Secretary & 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Theatre Diaspora is Oregon's only professional Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) theatre company, committed to portraying authentic AAPI cultural, historical, and social perspectives to reach broad audiences. By strongly advocating through compelling performances and post-show discussions, we are bridging communities to foster inclusion, social-awareness, and open conversations on race and cultural diversity - celebrating the AAPI experience.

What it reported doing in 2024

Staged Reading Series and Community Discussions: Theatre Diaspora takes pride in its commitment to fostering meaningful dialogue and education through the creation of enhanced staged readings followed by engaging panel discussions. Beyond mere performances, our enhanced staged readings serve as immersive experiences, where the audience is captivated by the power of storytelling. These readings are carefully curated to amplify underrepresented voices, particularly those within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Following each compelling reading, we seamlessly transition into thought-provoking panel discussions. These discussions serve as a bridge between the narratives presented on stage and the real-world issues they illuminate. Our aim is not only to entertain but to initiate conversations that spark awareness, understanding, and empathy. Through this dual approach of enhanced staged readings and panel discussions, Theatre Diaspora creates events that go beyond the theatrical, transforming our space into a dynamic platform for conversation, education, and community engagement. Staged readings of Inside Out and Back Again by written by Min Kahng. Inside Out & Back Again is the story of a ten-year-old Ha and her family fleeing from Vietnam to Alabama, where she dreams of her beloved papaya tree and struggles to adjust in a strange new land. Thanhha Lai's award-winning book of poetry comes to life in this on-stage retelling of a young girl and her family's journey to find a new home. This staged reading will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dmae Lo Roberts, coproduced by MediaRites. Theatre Diaspora also partnered with Asian American Town to host a local AAPI Film Screening Festival at the Portland Night Market. Theatre Diaspora also had a presence at the Tiger Tiger Festival, a Celebration of our Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities in Fernhill Park.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - 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: 20
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.9%; rating input score 23
  • Program expense ratio: 16.1%; rating input score 16

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -42.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -44.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -57.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -45.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.9% of revenue deployed · 16.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 23/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.