934 INC

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853963894
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6143290650
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,181
Expenses
$92,362
Assets
$69,188
Liabilities
$1,001

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Liz Martin (Board President & Executive Director)
  • Della Carver (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Liz Martin (Board President & Executive Director)
  • Della Carver (Vice-President)
  • John Esterly (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

934 Gallery's mission is to provide relevant programming as a publicly accessible arts anchor within the neighborhood fabric of Milo-Grogran; to foster an interest in the arts among all ages in the local community; to provide a space for programming that will showcase the skills of emerging visual, performance, and performing artists and to provide established artists recognition among the greater community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Facilitated the Milo Alley Project to beautify and uplift the Milo-Grogan community, painted 7 garage murals by 7 local artists and facilitated several alley cleanup days, showcased 2,700 square feet of exhibition space featuring local, national, and international artists, and conducted 934 Fest, a weekend art festival including visual art, live music, pop-up vendors, and sales to support artists and the mission of 934, Inc. in the Columbus neighborhood of Milo-Grogan, home to 30,000 residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.2%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 53.4%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.1%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.2% of revenue deployed · 53.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.