Carlsbad-oceanside Art League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510177154
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Carlsbad, CA, USA
Phone
7604348497
Rating
98
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,039
Expenses
$83,448
Assets
$137,867
Liabilities
$1,988

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHERYL EHLERS (PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN BELL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHERYL EHLERS (PRESIDENT)
  • JUDY RICHARDSON (SECRETARY)
  • GERTRUDE LEWIS (CO-TREASURERDIRECTOR OF GALLERY OP)

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

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What it reported doing in 2025

Art on the green- for the public to enjoy all forms of artwork for sale and off site showsartists are encouraged to join and participate in trying their hand at direct sale

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

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

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 12.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.