Cau Guild Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 932373809
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4043543249
- Rating
- 49
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $90,997
- Expenses
- $8,557
- Assets
- $95,769
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SONDRA BROOKS (CEO/CHAIR)
People named in this filing
- SONDRA BROOKS (CEO/CHAIR)
- JANET BOYD (CFO/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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the clark atlanta university (cau) guild is to support a scholarship program for clark atlanta university students in visual and performing arts, fashion, music, theatre, mass media arts cautv, film, and recording & studio arts.
What it reported doing in 2024
The purpose of this organization is to develop a diverse group of volunteer women who will commit their time and resources to build awareness of the university's art, music, theatre and film programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 23
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 89
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5%; rating input score 5
- Program expense ratio: 53.2%; rating input score 53
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 90.6%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.19; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 5% of revenue deployed · 53.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.