Advance Gender Equity in the Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471287623
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5034828626
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.*

Reported finances

Revenue
$153,078
Expenses
$237,202
Assets
$86,333
Liabilities
$255

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • PAMELA O'HARE (MEMBER-AT-LARGE)
  • LEROY BYNUM JR (MEMBER-AT-LARGE)
  • SERENA ZILLIACUS (MEMBER-AT-LARGE)

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

Invest in marginalized theatremakers

What it reported doing in 2024

Invested in bipoc playwrights age 40+ of marginalized genders

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

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

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.8%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 64.4%; rating input score 64

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: -55%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.8% of revenue deployed · 64.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $153K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.