Davis Arts Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
946050371
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Davis, CA, USA
Phone
5307564100
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,014,521
Expenses
$828,027
Assets
$2,151,858
Liabilities
$93,481

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNA WIKSTAD-SANGWIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DONNA WIKSTAD-SANGWIN (PRESIDENT)
  • TONY BERGER (TREASURER)
  • CASSIE HILDER (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Davis arts center provides all children with access to quality arts education that fosters creativity, curiosity, resilience and empathy for others.

What it reported doing in 2024

Davis arts center provides summer camps, visual arts classes, elementary school curriculum, professional development for teachers, and other art related activities for the community. Summer camps: davis arts center provides an all day, arts focused camp during the summer for youth. Both teaching artists and counselors provide a fun, supportive art making environment for over 200 children a year. Visual arts classes: davis arts center's staff teach visual arts classes for youth, teens, and adults in the art studios and classroom at davis arts center. Classes are usually available in painting, drawing, ceramics, and other forms of visual arts, including fiber and printmaking. Art curriculum: discover your inner artist is the elementary school visual arts curriculum of davis arts center. It is California state standards aligned and used in thousands of classrooms in the sacramento region. Professional development: davis arts center teaches both teachers and caregivers about integrating art into their interactions with youth, in both a formal elementary school setting or an informal after school care setting. Other art related activities: davis arts center hosts other art related activities as the needs arise in the community, this ranges from performances, dance, music, art exhibits, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.4%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 58.9%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.6; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.4% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $658K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 32/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.