Mid-America Arts Alliance

Overview

Mission

Guided by the vision of "More Art for All People," Mid-America Arts Alliance partners with and supports artists, cultural organizations, and communities to expand access to the arts, culture, and creativity across the region and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2024

MAAA provides professional development and community-based arts & health programs to support our constituents, partners, and staff. Engage provides training to arts and cultural organizations to operate effectively, manage resources strategically, and build long-term strength. Artist Inc., Interchange, Artists 360, and Catalyze provide training to individual artists to strengthen their business practices and peer networks. In FY 2024, MAAA provided professional development training to organizations and individuals from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 59% for direct work, and 41% for grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237303693
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2022
Headquarters
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8164211388
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Arts Council/Agency

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 78.1%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -67.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 40 of 40 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $233K · 47 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 92 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 82 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

47 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Todd Stein (President and CEO): $232,505 total reported compensation
  • Ivan Lundberg (Director of Finance (thru 12/24)): $163,701 total reported compensation
  • Kathryn Dowell (Director of Arts & Humanities): $150,842 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.