Grand Blanc Youth Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991619009
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Swartz Creek, MI, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,686
Expenses
$67,946
Assets
$79,255

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stephen Simmons (Executive Director)
  • Jet Kilmer (President)
  • Doris Goetz (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Stephen Simmons (Executive Director)
  • Jet Kilmer (President)
  • Doris Goetz (Vice President)

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

Grand Blanc Youth Arts is a non-profit organization that provides opportunities for children residing in or attending schools in the Grand Blanc community to engage in the fine are performing arts. This includes providing music theatrical and visual art instruction to children.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grand Blanc Youth Arts provided arts education programming for children in grades 2-8 in the Grand Blanc community. The organization operated after-school and evening programs including marimba band theater visual art classes introductory violin class and drumline. Programs were designed to provide accessible high-quality arts education in a safe and supportive environment and to foster creativity collaboration and artistic skill development. Instruction was delivered by certified educators and trained teaching artists. Approximately 370 students who attend school in or reside within the Grand Blanc community participated during the year. Programs included opportunities for students to share their work through performances and showcases. The organization collaborated with Grand Blanc Community Schools and local arts educators to promote participation and expand access. In addition Grand Blanc Youth Arts partnered with the University of Michigan-Flint Music Department.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.1%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 68.3%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.1%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 77.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 48.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.1% of revenue deployed · 68.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.