Trusty Sidekick Theater Company Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453649702
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 8455274917
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Visual Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,104
- Expenses
- $103,404
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- PAUL BREWSTER MCGINLEY (SECRETARY & INTERIM ED)
- EMILY MILLER (CHAIR)
- NATALIA ARMOZA (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
To develop new theatrical works geared toward children and young adults and making such work accessible to all audiences, and to perform all other acts incidental to or necessary for the accomplishment of such purposes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Trusty sidekick theater company creates new productions for young audiences. Productions are staged for both public and school audiences and are intended to provide artistic enrichment and strengthen communities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Sustainability: 5
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.8%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 36%; rating input score 36
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -102.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.8% of revenue deployed · 36% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.