Amy Seiwert's Imagery

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454254070
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4153426661
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ballet

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,138
Expenses
$90,973
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARTHUR ESPINOZA JR (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMY SEIWERT (EXECUTIVE DI): $22,486 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Amy seiwert's imagery's mission is to influence and reimagine the field of contemporary ballet through collaboration, experimentation, and risk-taking in a safe and inclusive environment.

What it reported doing in 2023

In 2024 the organization accomplished the following: - january 18-19, 2024 bloomig flowers and the full moon at joe goode annex. For the final presentation of her artistic fellowship position natasha adorlee created a multimedia world where asi dancers joseph a. Hernandez and kelsey mcfalls lead the audience on a journey to the soul. With 3-d projection design by mark johns and an original design and movement by natasha adorlee, this performance weaved dance, visuals, and music into an immersive experience. Blooming flowers and the full moon tells the poignant story of adorlee's mother's immigration from 1960s taiwan to the united states. - screening of dance film organized hope at various festivals. Organized hope amy seiwert's latest dance film features dancer james gilmer (imagery, odc, alvin ailey american dance theater), a libretto by marc bamuthi joseph, and a score by daniel bernard roumain. The film grapples with the challenges of present-day america and explores the courageous act of re- forming an identity after it has been broken. "organized hope" was created in collaboration with filmmakers ben estabrook and aaron kierbel and supported in part by the national endowment for the arts. 02/07/2024 amy seiwert's imagery and its board of directors filed for election to terminate with an effective date of 03/31/2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 52
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 44.7%; rating input score 45
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,382.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 44.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $22K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.