CultureSource

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261476029
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
3138311151
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,506,492
Expenses
$6,072,031
Assets
$9,014,956
Liabilities
$255,663

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Omari Rush (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Omari Rush (Executive Director): $223,690 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

CultureSource advances creative and cultural expression in Southeast Michigan.

What it reported doing in 2025

Changemaking: CultureSource supports arts and culture leaders and organizations in developing mindsets and strategies needed to navigate change, complexity, and uncertainty. In this area of our work, we facilitate learning labs, workshops on collaboration and innovation, and strategic reconsideration of pathways through experimentation and adaptive capacities skill-building.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.3%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $34.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.3% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $224K · 18 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 76 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 75 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.