Diamondhead School Of Fine Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854075287
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9012729471
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,189
Expenses
$173,465
Assets
$252,774
Liabilities
$209,280

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jessica Escobedo (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jessica Escobedo (President)
  • Howei Morgan (VP)
  • Kyle Lou (At Large)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Development of the visual & performing arts by instilling cuture, pride, and higher level thinking.

What it reported doing in 2025

Formal class & tutoring & private lessons to accomplish the primary exempt purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 60% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 3
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.2%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 3

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 76.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.2% of revenue deployed · 3.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.