Artists Without Walls Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812802808
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Floral Park, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9177333855
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,590
- Expenses
- $12,953
- Assets
- $3,021
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NIAMH HYLAND (CEO CO-FOUND)
People named in this filing
- NIAMH HYLAND (CEO CO-FOUND)
- CHARLES R HALE (PRES CO-FOUN)
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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The corporation is formed to unite people and communities of diverse cultures through the pursuit of artistic achievement. The corporation seeks to bring artists from various disciplines of art together to collaborate, craft, educate and connect. The corporation aims to uplift, educate and unite people and communities of diverse cultures, both locally and globally, through the pursuit of artstic achievement as a means to improve the harmony and happiness of people and society through an increased awareness of the arts. In furtherance of the aformentioned goals, the corporation shall: 1. Plan and host regular events that enable artists to exchange ideas, methods and concepts; 2. Build and foster a multicultural community of artists and supporters by connecting people of various cultures, communities and disciplines who can learn from one another and collaborate to create new and original art in a safe and supportive environment; 3. Introduce multiple art forms and cultural influences to
What it reported doing in 2018
The corporation is formed to unite people and communities of diverse cultures through the pursuit of artistic achievement. The corporation seeks to bring artists from various disciplines of art together to collaborate, craft, educate and connect. The corporation aims to uplift, educate and unite people and communities of diverse cultures, both locally and globally, through the pursuit of artistic achievement as a means to improve the harmony and happiness of people and society through an increased awareness of the arts
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -260.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 18; 18th 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: 55.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -49.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -37.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2018
- 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: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.