Town Playersinc C/o Bryn Berg

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061083073
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Newtown, CT, USA
Phone
5622018918
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,687
Expenses
$40,530
Assets
$35,985

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

People named in this filing

  • BRIAN DETOMA (CHAIR)
  • BRYN BERG (TREASURER)
  • NICK KAYE (VICE CHAIR)

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

An all volunteer community theater group, providing theatrical productions, promoting performing arts and providing educational programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Produced and performed community theatrical shows provided educational programs for the performing arts

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.5%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 23

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.5% of revenue deployed · 22.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.