Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership

What it reported doing in 2024

The philadelphia arts in education partnership (paep) achieves positive growth in students in k-12 classrooms and community sites by working collaboratively with classroom teachers, artists, school districts and cultural organizations in southeastern Pennsylvania. Through a range of programs and services, paep achieves its primary goal of advancing student learning by promoting best practices in the implementation of arts in education, building capacity in those who deliver these programs, and providing access to resources in support of arts education programs. Approximately 15,000 students benefited directly from programs offered by paep in fiscal year june 30, 2025 by participating in over 200 arts experiences conducted by teaching artists. More than 25,000 students, teachers, and parents shared in this process by supporting the performances and exhibits that were held to demonstrate student learning that occurred. Paep continued to manage the regional competition for poetry out loud, a program of the national endowment for the arts supported in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania by the pa council on the arts and its regional partners. Partnering with the philadelphia writers project, paep again managed the regional competition for the national scholastic young artists and writers with more than 2,000 student entries. Paep conducted after school and summer steam (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) programs through the pa department of education in 8 schools grades 3-8, and continued to maintain its arts integration teaching and learning resource website.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 96.7%; rating input score 97
• Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $15.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • 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: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -14.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 16.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings