Art House Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Cultural explorations: cleveland recreation centers this program includes one-time and 5- 10-week sessions focuses on introducing various cultural traditions such as day of the dead, chinese new year, kwanzaa, hanukkah, dwali. Participants create sugar skulls, lanterns, candle holders, roosters, etc. Some of the family classes at ah artists also focus on various cultural holidays such as those listed above as well as minor holidays such as: mardi gras, st. Patrick's day and earth day. Art house studio classes and workshops: these are fee-for-service: 3-8 weeks long for children, teens, and adults. Beginning- advanced levels. They cover a range of media: pottery, drawing, painting, mosaic tiles, clay jewelry. We also offer special one-time workshops, private sessions for businesses, birthdays, etc. Community culture night: this is a quarterly series of free lectures. Artists and other creative professionals spend an evening at art house to talk about their work and process. Past lecturers include ceramicist eva kwong, sculptors/fabricators: mike moritz & steve jordan, photographers: amber n. Ford, mckinley wiley, anastasia panstios. A special ccn event was the opportunity to invite poets michelle smith and ray mcniece to read during the urban bright exhibition, including poems that were inspired by particular artworks in the show. Art house artist dialogues: is subset of ccn that we added. These are virtual sessions for which we pair two of our teaching artists who discuss their own work and the work they do in our programs. Summer camps- in-person 4 days, 1.5 hours per session. These camps cover illustration, clay projects, multi-media projects, mixed-media sculptures, watercolor, focus on nature, recycling- stewardship art movements, fashion, and dreams. Artist inventory challenge: this is an evening when invited artists (we can only accommodate a maximum of 18) to create new work inspired by our excess of donated items, to engage in conversation and regenerate. The public is also invited in to observe and talk to the artists. The event includes an exhibition of the artwork that results. Other: we provide one-time workshops or class series for other agencies/ organizations such as the cleveland public libraries, benjamin rose institute on aging, the cleveland sight center, and orange community education and recreation. New partners include the lgbt center and the mandel jewish community center art house sometimes has the opportunity to collaborate with other organizations such as comite mexicano or lake erie ink to provide workshops that focus on particular themes. Slowly rotating solo-mini-exhibitions to showcase our teaching artists are mounted in the display case. Examples of accomplishments: - art house served over 5,600 individuals through direct programming, and an additional 40,000+ through digital engagement this past year. - an unsolicited 50,000 award from the genesis foundation for the work we do with youth. - several murals and installations in the schools such as campus international: masks and maps; rg jones- students designed mural for the interior; luis munos marin - tile mural; artemus ward: tile bench.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
• Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $11.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd 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: 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • 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: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.54; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings