Artswestchester Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

"public information services" bring arts information to the public on a regular basis. Artswestchester serves as a county-wide marketer of the arts promoting more than 1,500 arts events annually through its various communication programs. Central to artswestchester's role is its work to build arts audiences and earned income for arts groups through the marketing and public information services it provides. The organization continues its outreach efforts to build arts audiences in westchester and beyond. A combination of print, web, mobile, radio and social media strategies are utilized throughout the year in order to drive arts-interested consumers to www.artswestchester.org. Through strategic partnerships with the westchester county business journal, today media and the examiner newspapers, artswestchester drives traffic to arts and culture articles featuring active hyperlinks linking readers directly to arts groups' websites. Artswestchester's weekly arts(e)newsletter are sent to more than 18,000 email subscribers to promote the events and exhibitions of artswestchester's 150+ affiliate arts groups. Artsnews provides editorial content on its website with articles published as blogs that are shared through social media throughout the year. Artswestchester actively promotes arts and cultural content and events on a variety of social media platforms including facebook, twitter, instagram, linkedin and you tube with a total of more than 35,000 followers. With annual visits/sessions of nearly 200,000, artswestchester's website continues to offer an online curated calendar of arts events as well as arts news and resources for individual residents, artists and arts organizations.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 79.9%; rating input score 80; 21st 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • 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: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings