Grand Design Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841304198
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Aurora, CO, USA
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,316
Expenses
$24,082
Assets
$67,940
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Dr Barbara Shannon Banister (FounderPresident)
  • Princess Cooper Robinson (Marketing Website Social Medial Manager)
  • Angela Dunson (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

Preserving and keeping alive primarily the performing arts of African Americans yet inclusive of other cultural performing arts to provide entertainment and raise the awareness and appreciation of the public through performances concerts presentations visual art exhibits and cultural awareness training for the benefits of the residents of Aurora and the metropolitan area.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Oromo Community of Colorado: Their Mission is to facilitate the successful assimilation of Oromos and other refugees and Asylees into the rich cultures in the United States. At least 150 kids benefited

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.7%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,729.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.82; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -76.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -50.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -28.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.7% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.