Inclusive Arts Vermont Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030307529
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Essex Junction, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8025056395
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $337,905
- Expenses
- $424,122
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- SARAH BROWN (EXECUTIVE DI): $74,200 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Inclusive arts Vermont uses the magic of the arts to engage the capabilities and enhance the confidence of children and adults with disabilities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Arts education - in collaboration with partnering educational and social service organizations, inclusive arts Vermont provides inclusive arts education and workshops in visual arts, music, theater and dance for vermonters of all ages and abilities. Our education programs are designed to help participants use their strongest expressive means for engaged community participation. Professional development - inclusive arts Vermont professional development workshops and classes are designed to help artists learn inclusive teaching methods, and to help educators and social service providers use the arts to more fully engage their students or clients. Inclusive arts Vermont professional development programs are presented in collaboration with a variety of arts and education partners. Cultural access - inclusive arts Vermont assists arts organizations in presenting more artists with disabilities and in welcoming more visitors and audience members with disabilities. We also engage the public in inclusive arts activities such as exhibitions, performances and events including our annual paint-a-thon. Inclusive arts Vermont cultural access programs are presented in collaboration with community cultural organizations and businesses across Vermont.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 60.7%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 60.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $258K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $74K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.