Artefact Ensemble of Louisville Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872813885
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Louisville, KY, USA
Phone
5028516628
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,139
Expenses
$53,671
Assets
$1,468

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Benedict Sheehan (Director)
  • Stephen Jacobs (Director)
  • Amanda Jacobs (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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Public performance and education on reglious music.

What it reported doing in 2021

The world premiere of Prts O Holy Father Nicholas (2021), performed by Artefact Ensemble under the direction of Benedict Sheehan. Co-commissioned by Nektarios S. Antoniou and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the new a cappella choral work commemorates the rededication of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. - Artefact Ensemble is a new collaborative project from Benedict Sheehan and Stephen Jacobs, Music Director at St. Michael Orthodox Church and Immaculata Classical Academy in Louisville, Kentucky. Bringing together leading vocal artists from around the country, Artefact Ensemble combines world-class choral performances with curated, designed environments to create one-of-a-kind immersive concert experiences.Partnering with schools, community organizations, and religious institutions, Artefact Ensemble also offers workshops, masterclasses, and co-operative music-making experiences free of charge to students, teachers of music, music ministers, and underprivileged audiences who might not otherwise have access to high-level ensemble music.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.