Backstreet Community Arts Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473649187
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Newnan, GA, USA
Phone
6784163631
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,270
Expenses
$106,052
Assets
$23,845

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDA REEVES (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LINDA REEVES (PRESIDENT)
  • NICHOLAS RAMEY (TREASURER)
  • TANNER LOW (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Backstreet community arts is a free open arts studio for adults 18 and over. We provide a safe, welcoming, creative environment, at no cost, to any adult who may benefit from the proven healing powers of art and community. Last year's highlights included project ukulele, a buoyant musical program for adults with developmental disabilities, the long- awaited addition of stained glass to our open studio program, the launch of our modernized, user-friendly website, and the debut of backstreet&..., a zine celebrating original work by backstreet's own participants and volunteers. In 2025 we logged 411 participants and 2,887 visits, a 20% increase from 2024's totals.

What it reported doing in 2025

Providing a safe, welcoming, creative environment to anyone who may benefit from the healing powers of art and community. In 2025, we logged 411 participants and 2,887 visits, a 20% increase from 2024's totals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94

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: -0.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -28.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.