Focus on the Arts Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260311839
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Highwood, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8474048561
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $48,741
- Expenses
- $138,808
- Assets
- $52,323
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Tamara Jenkins (Executive Dir.)
- Stacey Kolthammer (Pres.)
- Amy Haggarty (Sec)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sponsor Bi Annual Arts Events held at Highland Park High School
What it reported doing in 2025
Bi Annual program bring artists, writers, actors and other speakers into the Highland Park High School for a 3 day event. Elementary and middle school students are invited to attend along with members of the community
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 100% of its reported program spending for member benefits.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -184.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- 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; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $121K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.