Cultural Society - CSEBRI
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453076039
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Barrington, RI, USA
- Phone
- 4015884841
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29,222
- Expenses
- $135,303
- Assets
- $62,569
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Jeannie Salomon (Executive Dir.)
- Jessica Wong (Secretary)
- Naina Boveja (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
Cultural SocietyCSEBRIs primary program activity during the fiscal year was the development and launch preparation of the AAPI History Museum. The organization invested in museum buildout, exhibit preparation, educational materials, signage, furnishings, staffing, occupancy, supplies, and public-facing infrastructure to create an educational museum space that amplifies AAPI voices, preserves community histories, and provides public access to AAPI history. These activities directly supported the organizations exempt purpose of education, cultural understanding, community engagement, and the inclusion of AAPI history within Rhode Island and American history. As a result, expenses exceeded current-year revenue during this fiscal year. The deficit reflects the planned use of prior-year resources for the organizations exempt purpose and does not reflect a decline in mission activity.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization previously used the funds raised to support mission-related museum development activities, including exhibit infrastructure, educational materials, signage, museum furnishings, supplies and materials, and public-facing infrastructure necessary to facilitate museum access and educational programming.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 44.9%; rating input score 45
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -363%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 56.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -147.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -92.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 44.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.