Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954312661
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3106593326
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $254,129
- Expenses
- $228,228
- Assets
- $198,819
- Liabilities
- $-302
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Marc Chevalier (President)
- John Girodo (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Margot Gerber (Executive Dir.): $78,266 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To educate on, and the preservation of, the arts, architecture, and history of Art Deco
What it reported doing in 2024
ADSLA presents year-round educational programs centered on the early 20th century era known as the Jazz Age (1920 - 1949). Programs help to fund the historic preservation advocacy activities of the organization. In 2025 we produced a pop up museum experience in celebration of the Centennial of the 1925 Paris Exposition of Decorative and Industrial Arts. Over 800 people visited the three day exhibition. We engaged an intern from USC's Preservation Studies program in the 2025 Summer and Fall semester. She completed a series of GISStoryMaps of Art Deco buildings in Los Angeles. These maps will be added to our website. ADSLA programs are inclusive, serving a diverse population of persons interested in cultural history. We welcomed approximately 4,400 people to our 27 educational and fundraising programs this fiscal year. A significant portion of the membership is comprised of senior citizens who rely on ADSLA for an opportunity to engage in multi-generational social activities outside the home.Our outreach extends to our online presence where 32.2K Instagram and 28K Facebook followers can obtain mini-history lessons and participate in our advocacy by supporting the campaigns we originate or support through communication with city officials.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 27.8%; rating input score 28
- Program expense ratio: 30%; rating input score 30
- Fundraising efficiency: $38.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.2%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 34.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 27.8% of revenue deployed · 30% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.