D3 Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852081734
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
3032847296
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$437,977
Expenses
$302,657
Assets
$180,034
Liabilities
$41

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Santi Jaramillo (Executive Dir.): $75,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

D3 saw the need for an art awakening in theircommunities to strengthen the cultural roots of itsinhabitants. Every day, D3 wakes up to use art andculture to allow people to recover their true selves. D3believes individuals are constantly rediscovering andrecovering identities, some that have beensystematically stripped away.As a nonprofit focused on community health, D3provides programs and services that will facilitaterecovery for those that need it, a supportivecommunity for those who lack it, and growth for all.

What it reported doing in 2024

Full Circle Recovery and Cultural Arts ProgramCulturally grounded recovery programming combining traditional 12-step approaches with Mexica/Aztec practices, arts instruction, and peer counseling to serve 75 adults and 100 youth annually in Southwest Denver's Westwood neighborhood. Mikailhuitl 2025This is our yearly Aztec/Mexica community ceremony that is aimed at honoring the original time of the year that Dia de los Muertos wouldve been observed. We painted panels with the community and created other artifacts for the altars. Had poetry classes with youth to remember their loved ones. We fed 300 community members for free. Weekly 12 step meetings.We hold 4 12 step recovery meetings and 2 monthly sobriety meeting that include yoga, art shows and speaker meetings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.2%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 66.9%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $35.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 30.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 56.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.2% of revenue deployed · 66.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $202K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.