Capturing Belief

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853911869
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
3135301101
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,876
Expenses
$93,321
Assets
$59,718
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDA DAVIS-KIRKSEY (DIRECTOR - BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL MITCHELL (DIRECTOR)
  • ZUN LEE (DIRECTOR)
  • REESE SCRIPTURE (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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Inspire young minds through photography, creative writing, and other artistic expression to promote natural curiosity, critical thinking, and to add their own perspective to the narratives defining who they are as young people of color in detroit and urban america

What it reported doing in 2022

Ongoing after school mentoring programming along with remote mentoring during pandemic shutdowns. Summer "artist-in-residency" program for young detroit artists of color (grade 7-12) to be mentored by a group of accomplished artists of color and photography project and exhibition

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.5%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 37.9%; rating input score 38

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: 19.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 46.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.5% of revenue deployed · 37.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.