Art Access

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870413445
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8013280703
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$248,757
Expenses
$349,148
Assets
$177,440
Liabilities
$94,585

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karthik Nadesan (President)
  • Gabriella Huggins (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Gabriella Huggins (Executive Director): $72,081 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of Art Access is to build a diverse and inclusive arts community in Utah through creative opportunities for people with disabilities, and other marginalized communities, and through public engagement with the arts.

What it reported doing in 2023

The Organization provides programming in three major areas: Accessibility Education and Advocacy, Partners Program for Emerging Artists with Disabilities, and Workshop. Through the Accessibility Education and Advocacy Program, Art Access develops and conducts training and consultations for cultural organizations in Utah, and for Teaching Artists and Art Teachers. Through its Partners Program for Emerging Artists with Disabilities, the Organization pairs emerging artists with disabilities with stipend teaching artists in their discipline for a year-long partnership that ends in a side-by-side exhibition. Supplementally, workshops on various professional skills are hosted for these artists and any other emerging artists in the community who might benefit. Through Workshops, the Organization presents public workshops on different disability justice and accessibility topics including Digital Accessibility, Understanding Disability, and The Intersection of Disability and Racism.

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

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -40.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $312K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.