Artreach Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222921497
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Norwich, CT, USA
Phone
8608870014
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$753,574
Expenses
$630,617
Assets
$378,160
Liabilities
$81,184

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE MENDERS (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBRA LEHMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • REBECCA ATKINS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • REBECCA ATKINS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $110,621 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Artreach, a mental health and arts agency, provides creative and performing arts and recreational opportunities to support sustainable mental health recovery. Artreach's members serve as mental health ambassadors and model citizens, and through their originally written social justice theater on mental health and other relevant social topics, they entertain and educate to build goodwill and reduce stigma about mental illness. Artreach's community of practice enhances the quality of our members' lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Theater: artreach produced second step players: reboot, with rehearsals in the summer and three performances in the fall, including a collaborative parody video, anxiety! (800+ online views). The agency created beyond the bet, a theater-for-social-change piece raising awareness about problem gambling, performed at venues such as libraries, conferences, and now community colleges, with the support of national funding. Artreach produced a stand up for mental health performance at the garde arts center in new london, ct, after a 12-week course in comedy writing. The show featured stand up for mental health founder and professional comic david granirer along with the artreach members he trained, all performing stand-up based on their lived experience with mental health issues.storytelling: artreach collaborated again this year with npr's the moth for an introductory workshop followed by a storytelling intensive training culminating in a live story share via zoom. One participant was invited to present in a moth storyslam in brooklyn. Art: members created and exhibited original artwork across Connecticut, at galleries including reliance health gallery, otis library, public library of new london, granite theater, foundry 66, and dmhas commissioner's office. The atelier moca photography residency produced unseen stories, a photo exhibition exploring mental health recovery. Weekly art and digital media classes, virtual cultural and arts-based tours, and a bullet journaling group offered continued engagement. A summer intern majoring in art and psychology assisted with digital art instruction and promotional design.music: the music heals coffeehouse provided performance opportunities for artreach members and community engagement with local musicians. Artreach also hosted an event for international make music day. Music and performance activities promoted confidence, connection, and improved self-esteem.community engagement and outreach: artreach conducted outreach, with information tables at fresh check day, smha open house, women's network events, and the mental health day rally at the state capitol. Staff and members provided testimony about the value of artreach's services at dmhas and ct office of the arts hearings. Members visited regional museums for cultural enrichment. The agency also hosted the artist's way 13-week creative group, why july is important to me, and a volunteer appreciation dinner, fostering inclusion and community connection.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 80% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 85.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $540K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.