Walt Whitman Drama Boosters Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463334022
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Bethesda, MD, USA
Phone
3013206569
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,421
Expenses
$103,587
Assets
$28,582
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIANA PEREIRA LOPEZ (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • HEIDI TREUENFELS LEONARD (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARIANA PEREIRA LOPEZ (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • HEIDI TREUENFELS LEONARD (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • RACHEL JANGER (CO-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

The corporation is organized for charitable purpose of serving as a booster club to support the drama program at walt whitmanhigh school based in bethssda, Maryland and its theatrical productions and related activities. These purposes include, but are not limited to, coordinating volunteer efforts to support the program's theatrical productions; supporting and promoting the program's mission of educating students in drama, musical theater, singing, dance, technical theater and production management. Additional, the organization will fundraise and solicit funds to support these activities, including compensation of the artistic drama director of walt whitman high school and other personnel.

What it reported doing in 2024

Walt whitman drama produces at least three shows each year: a fall musical featuring accompaniment by a student orchestra; a winter play and student-directed talent show.additional, the program hosts workshops and student managed theater projects during the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.5%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 64.7%; rating input score 65

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.5% of revenue deployed · 64.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.