Djapo Cultural Arts Institute Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474623497
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- University Ht, OH, USA
- Phone
- 1268389045
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $239,346
- Expenses
- $266,213
- Assets
- $81,289
- Liabilities
- $50,000
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Talise Campbell (President)
- Inaya Carrington (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Talise Campbell (President)
- Inaya Carrington (Vice President)
- Malana Broome (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
Djapo Cultural Arts Institute a 501c3 nonprofit is dedicated to preserving traditional African and diasporic art forms through dance music song history and folklore. Its mission is to educate inspire and empower communities by fostering unity cultural appreciation and collective growth through research dialogue community initiatives international travel and theatrical performances. Djapo expands artistic possibilities while strengthening connections and creating meaningful cultural experiences.
What it reported doing in 2024
Djapo Cultural Arts Institute has been dedicated to facilitating an enriching International Cultural Arts & Education Tour to West Africa for more than 16 years. This unique program offers participants a life-changing opportunity to immerse themselves in the traditional art forms of Africa in their authentic cultural settings. The tour takes participants to countries like Senegal Mali Ghana and The Gambia where they engage in hands-on training with skilled master artists visit significant historical sites and form meaningful connections with local communities. By fostering direct cultural immersion the tour promotes cross-cultural understanding historical appreciation and artistic development among participants while also fostering economic growth through strategic partnerships with local artists craftsmen and cultural establishments. Moreover beyond the cultural and educational aspects the program also places a special emphasis on philanthropy. Djapo Cultural Arts Institute actively facilitates donations and provides scholarships for disadvantaged children and families in the communities visited during the tour. This philanthropic component not only enriches the lives of those in need but also underscores the Institutes commitment to social responsibility and community development. Through these philanthropic efforts participants are given the opportunity to give back to the communities that have welcomed them creating a reciprocal exchange of support and goodwill that further enhances the transformative impact of the program. By engaging in philanthropic activities participants are able to witness firsthand the positive difference they can make in the lives of others fostering empathy compassion and a broader sense of global citizenship among them.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 83% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.9%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.9% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $234K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.