Guild of Berkshire Artists Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473985353
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
West Stockbridge, MA, USA
Phone
6178687082
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Visual Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,552
Expenses
$28,628
Assets
$40,265

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANE CRAKER (President)

People named in this filing

  • ARTHUR DJANG (Treasurer)
  • JANE CRAKER (President)
  • JUAN BAENA (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To educate members and the public about art and contribute to the quality of life in the berkshires. Encourage, support and promote vibrant inspired visual artists leading seminars, critiques, plein air, meet the artist, live models, exhibits and demonstrations in the richmond and west stockbridge area.

What it reported doing in 2024

The guild of berkshire artists has held major shows almost monthly in locations like welles gallery in lenox, old town hall in west stockbridge, berkshire botanical garden and berkshire humane society. Creating art outdoors meets daily in good weather, april through october at hancock shaker village, the mount, norman rockwell museum, and berkshire botanical garden from 9:30-1 including demonstartions, and artist work, followed by positive critique for suggestions. Our weekly newsletter and monthly artist calendar provide artists and the general public with information about our educational opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.1%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 69.5%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.3%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.1% of revenue deployed · 69.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.