Emberlight Arts Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874320797
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Ironwood, MI, USA
Phone
9062857101
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$157,205
Expenses
$146,832
Assets
$69,224
Liabilities
$12,378

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Mallum (President)
  • Kathy Skolasinski (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Mallum (President)
  • Kathy Skolasinski (Vice President)
  • Jeanne Graham (Tresurer)

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

The Emberlight Festival collaborates with local, regional and international artists to create affordable, life-enhancing experiences that spark imagination and ignite learning in our audiences and communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

LIVE PERFORMANCES (Main Stage, Performance Infusions)

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - 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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.8%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 31.6%; rating input score 32

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: 6.6%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -37.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 50% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.8% of revenue deployed · 31.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.