Compassionate Artists

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473199131
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Phone
5624515015
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Service Organizations and Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,902
Expenses
$43,918
Assets
$14,253
Liabilities
$7,267

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SALLY ETCHETO (PRESIDENT)
  • CRIS BARBER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CAROL GIBSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SALLY ETCHETO (PRESIDENT)
  • CRIS BARBER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANNA MARIE SHARKANY (SECRETARY)

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

Bring the joy of music, dance and art to residential care facilities for financially disadvantaged seniors. We understand the importance of the arts throughout our lifetimes. Participation in the arts can improve cognitive function and can lift depression, delay the progression of dementia and alzheimer's disease, and improve overall health. As we bring joy, we experience greater joy.

What it reported doing in 2024

We bring art, music, and dance - four times a month to each of our facilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75

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: -10.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.