Alisal Center for the Fine Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770194560
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Salinas, CA, USA
Phone
8317585715
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$171,134
Expenses
$188,831
Assets
$94,654
Liabilities
$83,914

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALFREDO AVILA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ALFREDO AVILA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ROSA LOPEZ (CHAIR)
  • ISRAEL LOPEZ (TREASURER)

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

Arts programs and instruction for underserved community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Serving 2000 youth weekly at 13 schools and 3 low income housing communities. Teams perform for their schools, communities, and at public events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.4%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 34.8%; rating input score 35

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.4% of revenue deployed · 34.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 38/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.