White Hall Arts Academy Foundation

Overview

Mission

White Hall Arts Academy Foundations mission is to use the power of the arts to educate empower and encourage low income communities. We strive to bridge the gap between mental health social emotional learning arts development and creative expression by providing educational arts and creative workforce development programs to youth and young adults with the end goal of producing quality live and digital productions. Through our work we aim to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the arts and their ability to inspire heal and bring people together.

What it reported doing in 2025

Saturday Session Program is designed for children ages 4-17. This program offers piano guitar singing music production drums acting and dance classes. Saturday Sessions provides relevant culturally responsive arts programming and our music production curriculum provides students the opportunity to engage with music in a non-traditional way that encourages individual student creativity and autonomy. At the culmination of each program students participate in public showcases which provide them with precious performance experiences to display the diverse talents and skills they acquire while in the program. Classes take place at WHAA on Saturdays from 10am - 2pm. There is a 4-week Winter session during the month of February an 8-week Spring from mid-March through mid-May a 4-week Summer session during the month of July and an 8-week Fall session from mid-September through mid-November. These programs foster creative abilities of youth through culturally and linguistically responsive arts learning.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823929258
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2019
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
4242350665
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 23
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $377.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 93.1%; rating input score 93; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.5%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 62.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 47.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $736K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $22K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 43 current checks pass · 5 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Tanisha Hall (Executive Director): $21,600 total reported compensation
  • Charyn Harris (Chair): $9,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.