Do & Be Arts Academy of Excellence

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923675692
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
North Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7255992988
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Charter Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$391,413
Expenses
$485,049
Assets
$574,108
Liabilities
$518,220

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SHAMBRION TREADWELL (EXECUTIVE DI): $104,020 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Do & be arts academy of excellence's mission is to cultivate creativity, become change-makers, achieve academic excellence, and broaden their perspectives through providing quality arts education for k-8th grade students in las vegas, nv. Do & be arts academy of excellence gives students a space to discover, understand, and use their voice. We do this by providing a transformative arts-integrated curriculum rooted in academics. This curriculum teaches history, self-discovery, cultural awareness, and behvior therapy. Students will gain a deeper knowledge of their importance and understand the role they play in their community and the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our primary program is to achieve three essential goals. 1. Academic proficiency - students will show high levels of growth and achieve 85% of mastery on math, ela, writing, social studies, and science grade-level assessments. Students will show grade-level growth or beyond on the beginning, middle, and end of year nwea map assessments. 2. Performing arts excellence - students will show growth on their pre and post-theatre music, dance, visual arts, and film/media assessments completed each quarter. Students will score 85% or higher on their theatre, music, dance, visual arts, and film/media post-assessments. Students will perform in 1 or more shows during each school year. 3. Project-based learning - students will complete 2 project-based learnings during the school year. After each project-based learning, students will score 85% or higher on dbae's project-based learning rubric that assesses collaboration, innovation, critical thinking, problem- solving, and communication.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.8%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 31.3%; rating input score 31
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.9; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 52.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 117.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.8% of revenue deployed · 31.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $152K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $104K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 39/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.