Art for a Childs Safe America Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311434741
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6142379077
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$176,165
Expenses
$222,359
Assets
$18,796

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

ArtSafe is involved in re-entry programs for individuals who have been incarcerated, specifically juveniles, to teach them to use art to positively impact their current and future endeavors. Youth Gifts is an after school and summer program to teach needy children art in grades K-5

What it reported doing in 2011

Youth Development Programs, General/Other. Youth Gift--Participants explored three characteristics of the successful artist; imagination, ingenuity and inventiveness. Participants completed exercises in which they learned to understand how resourcefulness leads to inspiration and creativity. Purpose: To introduce the concept of creative thinking in non-artistic terms. YouthGIFT (Gaining Insight from Tradition) is an after school intergenerational arts experience designed by Art for a Child's Safe America Foundation (ArtSafe). The program inspires creativity and reinforces the sense of neighborhood pride for children, ages 5-12 years old. YouthGIFT, in conjunction with SeniorGIFT and CommunityGIFT, is a life-affirming opportunity to harness the energy of the arts to create stronger communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -39.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -115.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $200K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

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  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.