Wild Project Productions Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811419414
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2122281195
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $469,319
- Expenses
- $431,935
- Assets
- $60,649
- Liabilities
- $117,652
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REBECCA ZUBER (PRESIDENT)
- LINSEY BOSTWICK (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- THOMAS ESCOVAR (SECRETARY/PRODUCING DIRECTOR): $28,080 total reported compensation
- ANA MARI DE QUESADA (TREASURER/PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR): $6,160 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Wild project productions, inc, is a nonprofit producer and theater venue supporting the diverse independent theater and performing arts community of New York city. Located on e. 3rd street in manhattan, the organization produces a mainstage production and curates resident companies at our 89-seat theater whose amenities are highly valued by the cultural sector and the neighborhood it supports. We proudly devote specific initiatives toward female, lgbtqia+ and bipoc projects and the work of local east village artists, to ensure nonprofit theater sustains its roots in the community. The organization places the utmost importance on engendering a climate that supports emerging artists and cultivates artistic excellence, enriching the community and promoting social equity. Our staff takes pride in nurturing new and exciting work with a personal and intimate approach to theater.
What it reported doing in 2024
See schedule o.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 62
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 71.9%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.94; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 71.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $311K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $28K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.