Dona Ana Arts Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 850254618
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Las Cruces, NM, USA
Phone: 5755236403
Rating: 49
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Arts Council/Agency

Reported finances

Revenue: $192,795
Expenses: $208,225
Assets: $115,240
Liabilities: $84,678

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

DAN LERE (President)
HAL HENTHORNE (Vice President)
BARBARA REASONER (PAST PRESIDENT)
ARACELI SOLIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
KARRIE I PORTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

DAN LERE (President)
HAL HENTHORNE (Vice President)
MICHAEL MANDEL (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Through the arts, to enhance the quality of life and develop the cultural, educational and economic growth of our community.

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. 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: 30
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 23
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 30.7%; rating input score 31
Program expense ratio: 28.4%; rating input score 28

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 28.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 30.7% of revenue deployed · 28.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
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 31/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.