Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541592216
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Fairfax, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7032736097
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $38,313
- Expenses
- $32,887
- Assets
- $446,212
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MEGAN DUBOIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- MICHAEL DEMARCO (BOARD PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL DEMARCO (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
- CHRISTINE VINCENT (ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- MEGAN DUBOIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- MICHAEL DEMARCO (BOARD PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL DEMARCO (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
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 mission of fairfax spotlight on the arts, inc. Is to enhance the awareness of the cultural opportunities in the fairfax--george mason university community, to encourage new and emerging arts groups in the greater fairfax area, and to provide scholarship opportunities for well qualified students to attend arts-related courses at mason.
What it reported doing in 2024
Spring festival: the fairfax spotlight on the arts festival celebrates the arts in fairfax with several days of theatre, dance, music and visual art. Throughout the organization's history, spotlight has been committed to supporting and encouraging awareness of cultural opportunities in the greater fairfax community. This is highlighted during the annual festival. The spotlight on the arts festival is one of Virginia's foremost arts festivals. The festival took place between april 25, 2025 and april 27, 2025.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.3%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
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: 14.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.57; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.3% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2009 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.