Blue Man Creativity Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611524959
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2009
- Forms available
- Form 990 2009
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6466027066
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,368,421
- Expenses
- $2,793,279
- Assets
- $2,099,190
- Liabilities
- $2,170,683
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Blue man creativity center, inc. (the "school") is an educational corporation that operates in the borough of manhattan, New York. On march 16, 2007, the school was established as a not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to create a deeply enriching learning environment that helps children flourish as creators, critical thinkers, collaborators, community members, and global citizens.
What it reported doing in 2009
Early childhood education - the organization currently operates a school that has pre-school classes for two-year-olds through early elementary.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.