Gotham Professional Arts Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
450553841
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
7184550746
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,757
Expenses
$4,507
Assets
$1,656
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALEX WHITE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALEX WHITE (PRESIDENT)
  • DOROTHY BAUHOFF (TREASURER)
  • BUZZ KELLY (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To conduct activities to support gotham professional arts academy, a college-preparatory public high school focusing on the arts and art-related professions.

What it reported doing in 2017

The organization supported the gotham professional arts academy, an arts-enriched public high school in bedford stuyvesant, brooklyn. Funds were used to support teacher training and mentoring, student trips to theater performances, museum and college visits, and arts-immersion experiences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 66.4%; 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: -20%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -46.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 51.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -48.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2013 to 2017
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.