Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680568920
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Marshfield, WI, USA
Phone
7153898999
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,387
Expenses
$124,504
Assets
$336,146
Liabilities
$142,844

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARSHA OBERG (PRESIDENT)
  • EDIE SMAZAL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARSHA OBERG (PRESIDENT)
  • LINDA HITCHMAN (TREASURER)
  • BRIDGET O'BRIEN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To maintain the historic presbyterian church building as a historical landmark and cultural and educational center to support excellence, diversity and vitality in the arts for the greater marshfield area community through programs and the facility.

What it reported doing in 2024

The center housed over 150 arts events and activities serving approximately 4,500 attendees and participants. It also housed a variety of classes, lessons and workshops in music, art, theatre and dance serving over 1,000 adults and children. Included in these totals are various arts groups meetings, rehearsals and participation/hobby groups who gather weekly or monthly. The center provides not only facilities, but also coordination, promotion and publicity, hospitality and volunteer staffing to assist in making these activities successful. In addition, the center organized student and adult volunteers to refurbish and maintain the historic building and to develop facilities to repurpose the building.

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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83

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: 0.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.7; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $104K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.