Darkroom Detroit
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 814516579
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Detroit, MI, USA
- Phone
- 3133120869
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $55,248
- Expenses
- $79,923
- Assets
- $63,226
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAVIER GARCIA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELEANOR OAKES (DIRECTOR)
- JOANNA DUEWEKE (DIRECTOR)
- JUAN CARLOS PEREZ (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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
990-ez, part iii, primary exempt purpose - darkroom detroit is an educational and cultural non-profit dedicated to increasing photgraphy access and edcuation in detroit through both analog and digital processes. They promote visual storytelling rooted in the local community, while bringing global perspective and photography talent to detroit. They create a supportive, welcoming community space that brings people together around a shared interest in photography and offer educational opportunities in photography to people of all ages and proficiencies, including youth and those with limited access to arts education, while promoting the practice of traditional photography in conjunction with comptemporary digital platforms.
What it reported doing in 2021
Providing an educational resource for the arts in metropolitan detroit.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -44.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 33; 33rd 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: 44.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $80K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2021
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.