Arts Etc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471277727
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Johns Island, SC, USA
Phone
6303022323
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$262,565
Expenses
$70,495
Assets
$471,290
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Curth (President)
  • Amy Creamer (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Curth (President)
  • Tamara Phelan (Treasurer)
  • Mary Maloney (Director of Development)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

We are proud to announce that funds raised from the 2025 Kiawah Art & House Tour will support visual, performing, and literary arts programs for the youth of Johns and Wadmalaw Islands. We identify, assess and support professional art programs for the enhancement of the curriculum at partner schools.

What it reported doing in 2024

An Arts Integration Experience with Engaging Creative Minds at Mt. Zion Elementary School Funding from this grant will provide: 1) Approximately 100 students in 1-3 different grade levels and 2-12 teachers with a minimum 5-day arts integration Engaged Learning Experience (ELE) with one ECM Instructor (teaching artist) in the spring of 2025 2) An interactive half day Professional Development experience with ECM staff and 1-2 ECM Instructors for Mt. Zion Elementary teachers in August 2024 or at a later time determined by the school 3) Liability insurance and SLED background checks for all teaching artists 4) All materials and art supplies required for this experience will remain at the school for future use The school will be assigned an ECM Curriculum Coach who will guide the planning and scheduling process with each grade level team; including but not limited to, selecting the teaching artists, collaboratively designing the arts integration lessons, and aligning the lessons to the SC Department of Education Curriculum Standards for math, science, ELA, and social studies. *ECM Instructors will focus attention to the content area(s) specifically identified as a high need area for their students. The ECM Instructor (teaching artist) will facilitate the 5-day experience with the teachers participating as learners alongside their students to build their repertoire of lesson plans and increase their skill and confidence in arts integration.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 88
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.6%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 51.8%; rating input score 52
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 73.2%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.69; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.6% of revenue deployed · 51.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.