Fort Wayne Artists Guild Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 237176292
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location: Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Rating: 84
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $24,397
Expenses: $29,281
Assets: $8,124

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

SUSAN VOIGT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

SUSAN VOIGT (PRESIDENT)
AMY ASH-CARTER (VICE PRESIDE)
KELLI BUCKLEY (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fort wayne artists guild inc exists to further the interest and knowledge of fine arts in the membership and community and to encourage fellowship between members, the community and those of similar organizations.

What it reported doing in 2025

The fort wayne artist guild holds events with participating artists that are open to the genral public. These events include the winter member's show, ventures in art, and the summer steam project.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 23
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -20%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 22; 22nd 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: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -40.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
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.

High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.