The French Art Colony
Overview
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for everyone through the arts, advocating for and supporting education and economic development throughout our tri-state communities and providing a welcome home, where the arts may flourish.
What it reported doing in 2025
Guided tours of local homes for architectural and interior decorating ideas
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237076402
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Website reviewed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Headquarters
- Gallipolis, OH, US
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 16
- Transparency & Controls: 68
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.8%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 14
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Public governance controls: 3 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 6.11; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 10.8% of revenue deployed · 14.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $16K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 44 current checks pass · 8 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2020 to 2025
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record