Fruitslice Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 331504907
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8018854698
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,337
- Expenses
- $2,500
- Assets
- $1,465
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chloe Oloren (Executive Director)
- Tayler Ann McCann (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Chloe Oloren (Executive Director)
- Tayler Ann McCann (Executive Director)
- Jason Wayne Wong (Director)
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
The primary objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to promote and advance art education, resources, and services in communities. The specific purpose of this corporation is a quarterly publication featuring queer artists, writers, and creators. Fruitslice is organized to promote and support LGBTQIA+ voices in literature and the arts. Through the publication of a quarterly magazine, community events, and educational programming, Fruitslice provides a platform for underrepresented writers and artists to share their work, fosters dialogue around queer issues, and cultivates community building and public appreciation for diverse creative expression.
What it reported doing in 2025
Launch of three issues of Fruitslice: A Queer Quarterly and one issue of Noises Made By series. Contents published were solely by queer artists, writers, and creators to amplify under-represented queer voices in arts and culture and advance our educational mission. Made sales of 250 copies and donated 500 copies to libraries, collectors, and individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 81% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 13
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 12.8%; rating input score 13
- Program expense ratio: 12%; rating input score 12
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 12.8% of revenue deployed · 12% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $300 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.