Etta Creative Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
876830078
IRS 990-PF coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Sunderland, MA, USA
Phone
4135300355
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Operating Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$327,224
Expenses
$160,223

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

Overview

Mission

Private Operating Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 4 grants totaling $154,730. The stated grant purposes included these funds are restricted and must be expended for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes as defined under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3), and more specifically to provide support for writing of book progress and intelligence, and for construction of new recording studio and creation of new website., these funds are restricted and must be expended for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes as defined under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3), and more specficially to support administrative and creative work as opera composer, specifically for completion and performance of the opera "sally ride", and also for expenses related to teaching music composition in a prison., and these funds are restricted and must be expended for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes as defined under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3), and more specifically to provide support for painting projects related to how we use imagination as adults, how values are shaped within groups, and how people gather near bodies of water, with the goal of a galler exhibition., plus 1 other reported purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 11

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 2.58; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 11th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 11/100.