Gwo Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371714539
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
3013791826
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,821
Expenses
$27,318
Assets
$28,160
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAURA SCHEWEL (INTERIM PRESIDENT)
  • CHRIS CURTIS (PRESIDENT (1/1/16-5/31/16))
  • ANDREA STEVES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LAURA SCHEWEL (INTERIM PRESIDENT)
  • CHRIS CURTIS (PRESIDENT (1/1/16-5/31/16))
  • BECCA ANZALONE (SECRETARY)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to educate and enliven urban communities, give talented local artists a prominent place to screen their work, and to enrich the lives of the people who live and work in oakland, ca.

What it reported doing in 2016

The great wall of oakland is a non-profit organization and a 100'x100' projection installation in oakland's uptown district. The great wall provides high-quality art production for the general public, along with contributing to the economic and social health of oakland and supporting artists in developing new work. Our mission is to educate and enliven urban communities, give talented local artists a prominent place to screen their work, and to enrich the lives of the people who live and work in oakland. As a free outdoors arts venue in the heart of oakland, the great wall serves an extremely diverse population. On average, roughly 25,000 people interact with the great wall of oakland each year. In addition to commissioning new work for the wall, this year, the great wall will inaugurate a resident artist program in local schools, as well as a project that offers local residents the opportunity to get hands-on experience in video creation.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.1%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 33.6%; rating input score 34

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: -25.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.1% of revenue deployed · 33.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.