Greater Barton Arts Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811379204
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Barton, VT, USA
Phone
7274596534
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,240
Expenses
$6,868
Assets
$302,324
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ADRIEN W HELM (CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS)
  • EDWARD HELM (DIRECTOR)
  • TONIE WELLER (ASSISTANT 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

Art Classes for adults and children, community events, open mic nights (music, poetry), gallery showings, artists talks and receptions, free art kits for kids given away at food distribution site. Music series and Art movement lectures and workshops during the summer. Community meeting space. Affiliate of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program serving 1200+ children in three Vermont counties with a free age-appropriate book mailed to them each month.

What it reported doing in 2025

Free art supply distribution and weekly art lesson through Green Mountain Farm to School free lunch summer program - 10 weeks of interaction and distribution; unique child contact and benefit @ 80 children.Space for three organizations board and organizing meetings including. Regular art classes, gallery shows, artist talks, classes, summer series of lectures and workshops, private parties and events. Provision of office space to district director of Vermont's Building Bright Futures Program. Local affiliate of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program which provides a free age-appropriate book wach month to 1200+ children and families in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont (Orleans, Essex and Caledonia). GBA raises $ to support the $27/year cost per child of this program.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 12
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.1%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 48.1%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 44.02; rating input score 98; 98th 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: -48.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.1% of revenue deployed · 17.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.