Foci Mn Center for Glass Arts
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270454560
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6127598476
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $816,568
- Expenses
- $864,022
- Assets
- $1,009,125
- Liabilities
- $901,819
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SANDRA BRICK (PRESIDENT)
- ANNA LEHNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JULIE STRAND-BLOMGREN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ANNA LEHNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $42,160 total reported compensation
- JULIE STRAND-BLOMGREN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $9,481 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gather people to explore the creative potential of glass.
What it reported doing in 2024
2024 was an extraordinary year at foci Minnesota center for glass arts (mcga). A year of continued financial difficulty and tremendous growth and change. Over 22,000 studio hours were accessed by students and artists. 6 professional artists held studio residence at foci mcga. 3 visiting artists worked with the foci mcga community, and 2 artists had gallery shows at foci mcga. Over 50 artists shared work in the on site marketplace or state fair gallery and, the number of people in skill building opportunities was the highest ever with over 446 students in core classes, tech sessions, visiting artist workshops, and/or youth camps. Over 2,250 people participated in discovery experiences in glassblowing, kilnforming, flameworking, stained glass, and mosaic. Over 8,000 people engaged with glass art and artists at on site or off site public events, artist talks, gallery shows, and/or demonstrations. Foci mcga also deepened its commitment to building the diversity, equity and inclusion in the pipeline of new glass talent through scholarships, time-trade, apprenticeships, and partnerships with social service organizations supporting underserved youth and adults.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.4% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $697K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.