Evolution Arts
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812163228
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Lithonia, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6782638772
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,287
- Expenses
- $699
- Assets
- $4,588
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Zakiya Davidson (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Zakiya Davidson (Executive Director)
- Wanda Ebright (Vice Chair)
- Daima Boger (Secretary)
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
Evolution Arts Inc. provides accessible, culturally responsive programming that bridges arts, technology, and workforce development for youth and adults in underserved communities across metro Atlanta. Our core programs include: Z Code, a creative coding and digital literacy initiative using Georgia Tech's EarSketch platform; To The Pointe Collective, providing advanced dance training and mentorship for high school students; Couture Ladies and Gentleman's Code, workforce readiness initiatives preparing teens for professional and academic success; and The LinkUp, a community wellness program using movement and skating. Through these initiatives, we equip participants with creative, technical, and professional skills to build confidence and create pathways toward economic opportunity.
What it reported doing in 2024
Z Code is Evolution Arts' flagship STEAM initiative, designed to introduce youth to coding, digital literacy, and computational thinking through a culturally engaging, music-driven approach. Using Georgia Tech's EarSketch platform, students learn Python-based programming while creating original music compositions, making coding accessible and relevant to young people who may not see themselves as traditional technologists. During the September 2024 - August 2025 program period, Evolution Arts delivered Z Code afterschool programming across multiple City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Centers and Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta sites, serving over 70 students across multiple age groups. Programming included structured coding instruction, typing skill development, digital literacy fundamentals, and hands-on music production. Several students submitted original work to a national coding competition, reinforcing academic engagement and building confidence in their technical abilities. The long-term goal of Z Code is to create a pipeline of young people from underserved communities who are equipped with foundational technology skills and inspired to pursue careers in the creative-tech economy.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 18
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5.4%; rating input score 5
- Program expense ratio: 41.2%; rating input score 41
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 86.8%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.56; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 214.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 5.4% of revenue deployed · 41.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $288 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 5/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.