Diaz Art for Youth

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911675836
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2011
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Tacoma, WA, USA
Phone
2539050869
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,188
Expenses
$7,211
Assets
$1,326

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

MISSION STATEMENT: Reaching out to youth with opportunities through art and life skills instruction and mentoring, in a safe place so they can develop to their full potential and become productive citizens. This program consists of fine art and life skills training, where mentoring takes place through interaction while working on art projects. Prevention messages are delivered while the youth are engaged in the creative process (the art opens their minds to receiving messages more readily.) The youth learn the importance of staying in school, off drugs and avoiding violent situations. Attitude changes are directly linked to improved behavior and outcomes.

What it reported doing in 2011

MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS: Increase the number of youth who graduate from high school prepared and on time. Our program consists of fine art and life skills training. Mentoring takes place through interaction while working on art projects with the youth. Prevention messages are delivered while the youth are engaged in the creative process (the art opens their minds to receiving messages more readily.) The youth learn the importance of staying in school, off drugs and avoiding violent situations. Attitude changes are directly linked to improved behavior and outcomes.CLIENT POPULATION: The clients we see are in need of social skills that either are not available to them, or have not been presented in a form that the youth are receptive to. Clients are primarily ethnically diverse low to moderate income teens aged 13 to 19. They learn the importance of staying in school, off drugs and avoiding violent situations. Attitude changes are directly linked to improved behavior and outcomes. The number of clients served: 200 per year, with an overall success rate of 96% of the youth.There is a direct link between mentoring and greatly improved chances of finishing school and having better careers. These marginal students are helped the most by achieving the skills taught in our program. SPECIAL HELP: Referrals and transportation to medical care and counseling, Emergency Housing and Employment and training referrals to Centro Latino, Goodwill/Work Source, Tacoma Public Library, including computer access and assistance with employment applications.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -74.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -70.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.