Artbridge

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300227525
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7135279850
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$137,911
Expenses
$194,360
Assets
$44,794
Liabilities
$12,636

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOYCE HUFFMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • CATHERINE E HERRING (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JOYCE HUFFMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTI TIDWELL (SECRETARY)
  • SUSAN JAPHET SCOTTY (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Artbridge houston provides therapeutic and expressive arts programs to homeless and at-risk childrent within a supportive and creative environment.

What it reported doing in 2015

Our services include 12 weekly classes at 8 Houston locations providing students with a safe, positive tool for self-expression. Approximately 4,000 students are served each year through ArtBridge.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -40.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $143K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.