African Arts Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813494218
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
6508342038
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,938
Expenses
$47,684
Assets
$4,180

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEYE MARTIN (PRESIDENT, EXEC DIR, CEO)

People named in this filing

  • LEYE MARTIN (PRESIDENT, EXEC DIR, CEO)
  • YVES BOUELE (SECRETARY)
  • IRVIN TANCIOCO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote african heritage through arts education, performances and events that support cultural diversity, sustainability and community empowerment with emphasis on ethnic studies

What it reported doing in 2025

PART III, LINE 28. African Arts Academy served more than 430 individuals through multicultural arts education, public programming, and community forums in San Francisco. Its signature program, SF MODEFA 2025, attracted over 400 attendees and featured multicultural fashion showcases, visual arts exhibitions, live performances by more than 15 musicians and entertainers, culinary presentations by featured chefs and their teams, and participation from diverse and underserved communities, including Asian, Black/African American, Disability, LGBTQ+, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Latinx, and Caucasian/European populations. The program also highlighted three local designers and supported local artists, cultural entrepreneurs, and small businesses through vendor exhibitions and networking opportunities. The organization additionally hosted a Juneteenth educational forum featuring four guest speakers focused on Black excellence, leadership, and resilience, as well as the ModVation Diversity Ventures panel with nine panelists discussing AI, cultural integrity, and technology in the arts. These programs promoted cultural preservation, arts education, diversity, and cross-cultural community engagement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.7%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 39.3%; rating input score 39

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.7% of revenue deployed · 39.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.