Downtown Newport Artscapes Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811783422
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Newport, TN, USA
Phone
4234650107
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Visual Arts Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$123,450
Expenses
$108,160
Assets
$15,290

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Linda Lewanski (Board Chair)
  • Gretta Carr (Program Director)
  • Shanon Kelley (Project Developer)

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

Providing free arts opportunities in rural Appalachia in a way the addresses community issues.

What it reported doing in 2025

Teen Intern Stipends

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 4
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.1%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 5

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -153.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 127.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.1% of revenue deployed · 4.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.