Arts Council for Wyoming County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161065245
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Perry, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5852373517
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Council/Agency
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $545,052
- Expenses
- $567,270
- Assets
- $437,500
- Liabilities
- $161,744
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- James A White Jr (President)
- Ann Burlingham (Vice President)
- Krysta Aina (Executive Director)
- Jacqueline Swaby (Former Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Jacqueline Swaby (Former Executive Director): $40,658 total reported compensation
- Krysta Aina (Executive Director): $16,876 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To bring art to the people and people to the arts by:- Providng services to artists - Fostering connections between artists and community - Offering a safe space for all people to express self and art
What it reported doing in 2024
Folk arts glow traditions supports our area's living cultural heritage through documentation and public programming of traditional arts. It operates collaboratively among the arts council of Wyoming county, genesee valley council on the arts, and the genesee-orleans regional arts council. This regional program has been led since 1997 by founding director, karen canning. Although the "our farms, our families" grant project was a 2019 initiative, portions of the project were not executed until 2020 including the production of a new book that features the work of 10 artists who were commissioned to create new art that document the farming culture in Wyoming county. The grant project will culminate in 2021. This grant was made possible through the finger lakes regional economic development council (redc). Securing multiple grants for the rural community we serve. Grants received from the New York state council on the arts (nysca), Wyoming county gov., Wyoming foundation / community for greater buffalo, mary conable foundation, conable family foundation, and more.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.9%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.9% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $445K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $41K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.