Upside Down Creative Group
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 141870686
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Springfield, MO, USA
- Phone
- 4178315233
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $145,758
- Expenses
- $146,845
- Assets
- $2,855
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educate using improvisation games and scenes
What it reported doing in 2011
Weekly performances - our weekly improv performances bring affordable and family friendly entertainment to thousands of people. We offer an average 4-6 shows a weekend on site plus another 2-5 off site. We aim to have a place where the whole family can come and enjoy a hysterical night out. Several of our weekly shows are "pay what you will". This allows the patron to decide how much to pay and helps keep our performances affordable from students to professionals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.9%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.9% of revenue deployed · 81.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $119K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.