Aurora Center for the Arts
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411382174
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Fosston, MN, USA
- Phone
- 2184356119
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,318
- Expenses
- $81,332
- Assets
- $111,162
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ABIGAIL PEARSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ABIGAIL PEARSON (PRESIDENT)
- KIRBY VOSSLER (VICE PRESIDE)
- JOANN PAPKE (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 offer cultural opportunities through library services and the arts to enrich the lives of all area residents.
What it reported doing in 2024
There were 30 children/youth actors from 3rd to 12th grade that participated in the children's summer theater that had 4 sold out performances with a total of 600 people in attendance. There were 30 children that participated in the imagination awaits play with 4 performances for a total of 600 people in attendance. There were 50 participants in the children's drama camp for grades 3rd-12th that rehearsed daily for a week with a performance at the end of the week. There were 70 participants in the children's summer arts program that had 2 classes for prek-3rd grade and two classes for 4th-6th grade, which consisted of one class for 4 weeks in june. There were 25 children and adults that participated in the christmas musical of "white christmas" in december with 5 performances with an estimated 750 people in attendance. There were 9 artists exhibited in the gallery in addition to the children's summer arts program with total estimated attendance of 300 people to the various galleries. There were 6 outdoor summer concerts that had 10 performers and 550 audience members. In addition to the summer concerts, there was a concert featuring eclectic whirlwind in march which had an attendance of 40 people, there was harp and sol in august with an attendance of 30 and there was a holiday concert with dan rodriguez and his band of 2 individuals which had 1 sold out performance with a total of 150 in attendance.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -58.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -23.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.