Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341319079
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA
- Phone
- 3309288092
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Visual Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $299,875
- Expenses
- $299,761
- Assets
- $335,228
- Liabilities
- $137,053
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NOREEN MOLEK (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DANIELLE M DIETERICH (EXECUTIVE DI): $77,895 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cuyahoga valley art center fosters an appreciation of visual art through education, exhibition, and community enrichment opportunities. Guided by a vision of a community where everyone has access to visual art, cvac provides diverse and affordable educational programs for artists at all skill levels, from beginners to professionals. The organization is committed to creating accessible pathways to engage with visual art, offering high-quality classes, workshops, and exhibitions that welcome more than 14,000 visitors annually. In addition, cvac supports the learning community of practicing artists by cultivating networking, critique, and professional growth opportunities, ensuring that artists have the tools and connections they need to thrive. Through these commitments, cvac serves as a vital cultural hub where creativity, learning, and community intersect.
What it reported doing in 2024
Visual art classes & workshops: cvac's education programming is the heart of its mission, offering quarterly class sessions that average 8-10 weeks in length and provide 14 professional teaching artists with the opportunity to thrive in their field. These classes nurture a dynamic learning community within summit county, serving over 1,300 students in 150+ classes and workshops during 2024 alone. In addition to weekly classes, cvac hosts one- and two-day weekend workshops designed to accommodate those unable to attend regular sessions. These workshops not only expand access for community members but also allow cvac to welcome guest artists from outside its faculty, enriching the curriculum with fresh perspectives and specialized expertise. Together, these offerings create a vibrant, accessible, and high-quality arts education program that fosters both artistic growth and community connection.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.4%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.4% of revenue deployed · 71.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $215K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.