ExpresArte Cultural Wellness Collective

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853654022
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Hanford, CA, USA
Phone
5597724677
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$289,075
Expenses
$317,879
Assets
$109,995
Liabilities
$1,917

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kelly Baker (CEO)
  • Monique Hall (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kelly Baker (CEO): $100,130 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

ExpresArte Cultural Wellness Collective is dedicated to centering the voices of people of color, co-creating programs and experiences that infuse healing and hope into our organizing and advocacy spaces. We address the root causes of trauma by providing opportunities for individuals to reclaim their culture, cultivate their creativity, and continue their healing journey. Through our Home-Grown Fellowship and other programming, we support therapists of color in the Central Valley on their path to licensure, while also helping licensed therapists unlearn biases inherent in the Medical Industrial Complex. Our mission is to develop the next generation of BIPOC mental health providers in the Central Valley, fostering trust, culture, and healing justice in our communities.ExpresArte Cultural Wellness Collective envisions a future where access to mental health practitioners rooted in shared experiences is a reality for all residents of the South San Joaquin Valley. Our programs prioritize acc

What it reported doing in 2025

ExpresArte Cultural Wellness Collective is dedicated to centering the voices of people of color, co-creating programs and experiences that infuse healing and hope into our organizing and advocacy spaces. We address the root causes of trauma by providing opportunities for individuals to reclaim their culture, cultivate their creativity, and continue their healing journey. Through our Home-Grown Fellowship and other programming, we support therapists of color in the Central Valley on their path to licensure, while also helping licensed therapists unlearn biases inherent in the Medical Industrial Complex. Our mission is to develop the next generation of BIPOC mental health providers in the Central Valley, fostering trust, culture, and healing justice in our communities.ExpresArte Cultural Wellness Collective envisions a future where access to mental health practitioners rooted in shared experiences is a reality for all residents of the South San Joaquin Valley. Our programs prioritize access to culturally competent care, recognizing and addressing the impacts of structural racism. By creating a safe space for BIPOC mental health practitioners to share their experiences and supporting them in their professional journey, we aim to fill gaps in mental health services and build a community where healing is accessible to all rural people in the South San Joaquin Valley.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 44
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 38.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 63.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $317K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.