Edgar Miller Legacy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474142059
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
5127754594
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Commemorative Events

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,449
Expenses
$24,891
Assets
$56,236
Liabilities
$3,176

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ZAC BLEICHER (President)

People named in this filing

  • PAUL JANICKI (Director)
  • JEFF KRUSE (Secretary)
  • LORI KLOEHN (Director)

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

Preservation and promotion of the artistic works of edgar miller through archival conservation, education, workshops, and tours.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educational publishing - the organization publishes printed and digital material on research related to the artist edgar miller for use by scholars, educators, and the general public. Each year these publications reach thousands of people through various media channels, such as the edgarmiller.org website, printed pamphlets and booklets, public programs, and more. In 2024, edgar miller legacy published the third edition of edgar miller and the handmade home, the primary biographical text and photographic survey of the artistic work of edgar miller. The organization also maintains a comprehensive virtual tour of the historic glasner studio by edgar miller at its website, www.edgarmiller.org.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 59.3%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -72.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.26; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 59.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.