Global Education Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621681169
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6152923023
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$458,936
Expenses
$505,340
Assets
$271,811
Liabilities
$93,133

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Monica Cooley (Board President)
  • Jervon Dailey (Board Vice President)
  • Ellen S Gilbert (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ellen S Gilbert (Executive Director): $44,400 total reported compensation
  • Charles H Gilbert (Music and Tech Director): $43,896 total reported compensation
  • Luis A Rivera (Dance and Production Director): $43,896 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To use the arts of diverse cultures to highlight our commonalities and promote cross-cultural understanding and respect through interactive arts programming for schools and the community and professional development for prek-12 educators and artists from diverse cultures with an overall goal of dispelling myths dismantling stereotypes alleviating fears and creating healthier more inclusive communities

What it reported doing in 2024

Community outreach programs share the arts of diverse cultures through ongoing classes and workshops for children and adults; cultural presentations; artists residencies; community performances; world music and dance concert series; literary arts series; documentary film series; summer multicultural arts camp for children and youth; after-school and weekend programming for under-served populations including seniors incarcerated youth health-challenged women and teens homeless individuals and families immigrant and refugee families and teens deemed by society to be at-risk. We typically serve around 40,000 people each year. The overall goal of Global Education Center programming is to engage members of our community in art forms from different cultures that reflect the diversity of our community that confront biases dismantle stereotypes dispel myths and alleviate fears while bringing high quality arts to members of the community who are traditionally under-served. This programming helps to create a healthier more inclusive community for all of our citizens.

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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $29.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $455K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $44K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 44 of 44 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.