Gary Bowlings House of Art Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262019615
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Bluefield, WV, USA
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,795
Expenses
$32,491
Assets
$497,774
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARY S BOWLING (PRESIDENT)
  • JODY A QUEEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GARY S BOWLING (PRESIDENT)
  • JODY A QUEEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • VICKI L QUEEN (SECRETARY/TREASURER)

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

Education and public access to the arts

What it reported doing in 2025

The West Virginia creative network granted the house of art and downtown merchants $10,000 to create two community spaces. We were the fiscal sponsor, and $3375 was disbursed to the creative arts lounge project, with the remainder going to ripple park, which was the larger, more innvolved project. Each project created public space that had not previously been available to the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 66.1%; rating input score 66

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.32; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 45.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 66.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.