Campana Studios

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850932720
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Encinitas, CA, USA
Phone
7606224046
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,493
Expenses
$178,962
Assets
$224,442
Liabilities
$114,883

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JAY BELL (CHAIR/PRESID)
  • SANDY POUND (SECRETARY)
  • JIM MILLER (TREASURER)

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

Campana studios is dedicated to harnessing the power of visual arts to raise awareness around key social justice issues, ultimately fostering a fair and just community. We are committed to promoting economic self- sufficiency for artists, creating employment opportunities, and ensuring that artists are an integral part of the cultural diversity that enriches our society. Our mission is to drive systemic change and empower artists to be catalysts for a healthy, fair, and just society.

What it reported doing in 2025

1) provided economic development for visual artists through art shows, shared resources and direct employment on community driven projects. 2) led youth and adult workshops with over 500 participants. 3) expanded network of visual artists to 25 local artists. 4) transitioning focus to economic development for visual artists. 5) other programs include: pop-up printmaking workshops, artists in schools program, and paul ecke after school program.

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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93

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: 1.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.9% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $167K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.