Engages youth in creating and performing original musical theater, fostering imagination, empathy, and community across Greater Boston.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $1.0M in revenue, $1.2M in expenses, and $457K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$1.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.2M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$457K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$142K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
75%
15%
Program services $0.75 Management & general $0.10 Fundraising $0.15
Program efficiency
75%
of spending reaches programs▲ +3% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
6.1mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +3% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
-14%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +46% vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2025▼ -11%
$1.4M$676K$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2025▼ -20%
$1.5M$766K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$786K
FY2025▲ +9%
$1.5M$758K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$330K
FY2025▲ +140%
$330K$165K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$1.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.2M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$457K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$142K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$786K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B75%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 311
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 411
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
2 program services account for $867K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
Urban improv's structured improvisational theater workshops are designed to strengthen social and emotional learning (sel) skills and help students deal creatively with real-life challenges through dialogue and performance.
$548Kprogram expense
02
The freelance players engages youth in the creation and performance of original musical theater for audiences of all ages. The program fosters imagination, selfexpression, empathy, and confidence in young people.
Jamie Ullrich’s $92K as Executive Director
is at the 27th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3916 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual Jamie Ullrich · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $92K · Total expenses $1.2M
8%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $809K · Total expenses $1.2M
70%
Fundraising vendors
Fundraiser cost ratio
Paid to fundraisers $58K · Gross raised $125K
46%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
75%
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Overhead ratio
10%
—
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Fundraising cost ratio
23%
—
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Revenue growth
-11%
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Accounting fee ratio
3%
—
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Fundraising fee ratio
5%
—
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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