Westco Productions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133177360
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
White Plains, NY, USA
Phone
9147617463
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Theater

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,371
Expenses
$40,002
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARINA RUSSELL (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
  • SUSAN KATZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SARINA RUSSELL (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
  • ALBERT LOPEZ (VP & DIRECTOR)
  • WILLIAM VAN VLACK (TREASURER & 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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Founded in 1979 and established as a non-profit organization under the IRS 501(c)(3) code in 1983, westcos mission is to provide a full range of performing arts activities/programs including, but not limited to, theatrical and musical presentations, workshops, and outreach programs. Primary program activities include the presentation of musical adaptations of childrens classic fairytales, folktales, legends and curriculum-based productions as well as broadway musicals, comedies, dramas and a gold star concert series featuring world renowned artists. Westco presented its shows at venues such as the rochambeau theater in white plains, the westchester county center in white plains, the westchester broadway theatre in elmsford, the irvington town hall theater, the music hall in tarrytown, the emelin theatre in mamaroneck, and the antrim playhouse in suffern. Creative theater workshops for children and young adults are also offered.

What it reported doing in 2013

CREATIVE THEATER WORKSHOPS Westco offers musical theater workshops for children ages six through young adult, introducing them to the performing arts. These workshops help to develop self-esteem and camaraderie brings out the full potential in the youngsters that participate. All workshop sessions culminated in a performance for family, friends and the general public. * Broadway Babes - This workshop is for children ages 6-14 and is a fun and exciting way to introduce children to the performing arts. Eight-week session offered during the year. * Magic To Do Players - This workshop is for children ages nine through young adult who have developmental disabilities. It is a full theater arts program offering instruction in dancing, singing, improvisation, speaking and acting skills. There are two sessions each lasting 12 weeks in both the fall and spring.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,086.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -56.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -53.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -36.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.