Educational Enrichment Foundation for the Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
451450071
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Huntingtn Bch, CA, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,869
Expenses
$131,974
Assets
$167,892

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jamie Knight (President)
  • Gale Bull (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jamie Knight (President)
  • Gale Bull (Vice President)
  • Danielle Chatt (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

We are dedicated to raising funds for the improvement of visual performing and technical theater arts courses for students aged Kindergarten-12th in Huntington Beach Union High School District and its feeder schools; funding annual student awards grants and scholarships arts department grants for new equipment and improvements community outreach performances and instruction master classes busing field trips and in person performances.

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual scholarships and grants for graduating seniors moving on to college to pursue the arts and those choosing to work in the arts right out of high school. Honor awards trophies plaques medals for all students in the Academy for the Performing Arts program at Huntington Beach High School senior gifts at annual Academy Awards year end culmination ceremony serving 40 students with department grants 650-700 students served for ceremony 350 student awards approx 300 senior blankets dinner dance photos prizes gifts entertainment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -48.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $126K 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: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.