Arts Lab of South County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833540029
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Tracys Landing, MD, USA
Phone
4433339081
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,144
Expenses
$60,447
Assets
$47,492

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Dena Deglau (President)
  • Margaret O'Bryon (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Dr Dena Deglau (President)
  • Margaret O'Bryon (Vice President)
  • Jeannie Egan (Secretary)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enhance the quality of in Southern Anne Arundel County by providing an inclusive space where artists and community members come together to make art that is accessible, nurturing, and thrilling.

What it reported doing in 2024

Arts lab provides affordable studio spaces for artists in a variety of media. We currently have 10 artists in residence. These areitst share their art and knowledge thorugh open studios, free art parties wehere members of hte public can come and experience art making in a variety of media. Our artists showcase their work, along side nonmember, non residen artists in our gallery. We hold 5-7 exhibitions a year with recetions for each and weekly viewing hours for the general public. This program has served 50 artists and and 400 members of the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.9%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 69.5%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.5%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.9% of revenue deployed · 69.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.