Artisans of Mount Dora Inc Dba Artisans

What it reported doing in 2025

Artisans had 33,225 visitors to our store in 2025 which is an increase of 874 from 2024 (2024 had 32,351)Online store was discontinued as it was labor intensive and cost prohibitive. Instead, our concentration is on doing more within the community.We are maintaining Our Online presence via Facebook and Instagram, which is steadily increasing our footprint. For 2025 to date, Facebook shows views of 260.8K with content interactions of 14.3K and visits of 6.7K. Instagram has 33.K views with 579 interactions and 371 visits. We are working to facilitate more advertising and social media interactions in 2026 ARTISANS is conducting classes in acrylic, oil painting and creative resin with glass and other objects. Instructors do not have to be a member, just show proficiency in their field. ARTISANS has a "Guest Artist" Program, which allows a new artist, emerging or new to the area, to exhibit their artwork for a period of 6 to 8 weeks. A special evening reception is held monthly, every 2nd Friday, to introduce the artist to the public. They also receive social media exposure. There is no fee for the space, except a % of sales. Bra-Vo, our fundraiser for breast cancer, donated $4,500 to the Waterman Foundation. Local artists painted and designed a 6"x6" canvas which in turn were sold to the public in order to raise funds. Our artists also donated goods to be used to make baskets for auction. ARTISANS encouraged future artists by donating $2,000 to the Educational Foundation, 2045 Pruitt St, Leesburg, FL 34748 - Kasey Edmondson They will, in turn, review applicants and select 2 students to each receive a $1,000 Art Scholarship. This money is funded by both Artisans and the Marilyn and Lee Dodge Scholarship program.ARTISANS and Members volunteered their time in support of several MDCA Art initiatives, covering gallery time, assisting with traffic during art show setups and donating artwork for fundraising. Number of Newsletter subscribers is 1,728, maintaining pretty close to last years count. Artisans did a community food drive in Nov/Dec, collecting and distributing the items through the First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Mt Dora which in turn donated them to "Lake Cares" in Lake County.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 56.2%; rating input score 56
• Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 21.3%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings