Cape Ann Plein Air Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824554884
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Essex, MA, USA
Phone
7817102475
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,657
Expenses
$44,973
Assets
$77,698
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRACI THAYNE-CORBETT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BETH BUCKINGHAM (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICIA ALTO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL STORELLA (DIRECTOR)
  • BILLY BURGOYNE (DIRECTOR)
  • SUSAN LEVINE (DIRECTOR)

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

Cape ann plein air's (capa) mission is to preserve and promote cape ann's legacy as the birthplace of american plein air painting, and enhance our local economy. This is made possible through the close collaboration of committed supporters from across the region -- businesses, regional arts and cultural organizations, and the cape ann communities of gloucester, rockport, essex and manchester-by-the sea -- working with capa organizers to offer a robust, weeklong program of painting competitions, exhibitions and education.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization hosts an artist competition to raise awareness of plein air painting.

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 87% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.6%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 70.2%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.6% of revenue deployed · 70.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.