Dixie Watercolor Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471384579
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Saint George, UT, USA
Phone
4358791076
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Service Organizations and Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,947
Expenses
$64,097
Assets
$106,954
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Glenda Caskey (President)

People named in this filing

  • Glenda Caskey (President)
  • Karen Bettilyon (Board Member)
  • Bonnie Jo Engstrom (Treasurer)

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

Promote and encourage and advance watercolor through various activities for the benefit of members and the general public. The goals are to educate the community and members including students and seniors in the art of watercolor painting and the benefits of artistic endeavors. Activities include workshops, informative meetings, demonstrations and student classes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Dixie Watercolor Society operated Gallery 35, which is a local gallery provided for the benefit of the members of the organization. It is a co-op gallery that is exclusive to the members and they pay a nominal fee to display their art. It is open to the public and the members' art is for sale with a low commission of 25% to the gallery. This commission helps them to operate the gallery and pay the required rent. The gallery is open every week, for a total of 288 days. The number of visitors is recorded at 7450 for the year. This gallery helps accomplish our goal of supporting and advancing the watercolor skills of our members and provides them a unique opportunity to share the knowledge they obtained in the workshops and classes. It has also provided an opportunity to reach out to the general public about the benefits of joining and learning art and the benefits to their life.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80

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: 10.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.4% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.