Veritas Productions and Theatre Arts
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 334379792
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
- Location
- Parker, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7202849484
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $63,984
- Expenses
- $53,112
- Assets
- $10,872
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Nancy Evans Begley (Founding Director)
- Noah Charles Begley (Executive Drector)
- Alison Chung (Development Director)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Community based theatre and performing arts organization
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, Veritas Productions & Theatre Arts advanced its exempt purpose of enriching the community through accessible, high-quality performing arts programming while providing meaningful, paid opportunities for artists and creative professionals. VPTA produced two primary programs: Jerry's Girls and In Harmony: A Holiday Cabaret. Together, these productions supported artistic employment, fostered cultural engagement, and expanded access to live theatre for audiences across the region. Jerry's Girls served the greater Denver metropolitan area as a tribute to the Jewish community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of composer Jerry Herman. The production employed 13 artists and creative professionals and ran eight performances over two weekends, serving more than 400 patrons. This program promoted cultural appreciation and representation while engaging diverse audiences through high-quality musical theatre. In Harmony: A Holiday Cabaret served the Town of Parker, providing an inclusive and community-centered holiday performance experience. The production employed 7 subcontracted artists and ran two performances, serving approximately 200 patrons. This program emphasized accessibility, seasonal celebration, and local community connection through live performance. Across both productions, VPTA employed a total of 20 artists and creative professionals, directly supporting the local arts economy through fair compensation. Collectively, these programs served over 600 patrons, providing meaningful access to the performing arts and enriching the cultural landscape of both the Denver metro area and the Parker community. Through these program services, VPTA continues to fulfill its mission of delivering impactful, inclusive, and artistically excellent theatre experiences that benefit both artists and audiences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.