Milton Arts Guild Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471347841
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Milton, DE, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$127,131
Expenses
$78,871
Assets
$169,683
Liabilities
$4,001

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sue Dutton (President)
  • Lynda Rae Gannon (Vice President - Relations)
  • Lisa Laskey (Vice President - Operations)

People named in this filing

  • Sue Dutton (President)
  • Lynda Rae Gannon (Vice President - Relations)
  • Lisa Laskey (Vice President - Operations)

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

Milton Arts Guild celebrates creativity in all forms of visual arts by engaging the community through an array of educational opportunities events exhibits and benevolent programs. Fueled by its volunteer members and supported by a large and diverse community locally and beyond NAG welcomes everyone to explore the power of art and to inspire them in their own creativity. Our purpose is to promote and support fine arts for all ages through exhibits workshops lectures and networking. To encourage collaboration and outreach with other arts organizations and local and surrounding communities. To ensure our programs and exhibits are accessible to all.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Service: MAG partners with community organizations on various programs including an after-school program at an elementary school a kids summer camp the cost of which is included in line29a and a Milton Music and Wind Fest. MAG has diversified our offerings to children and the community including providing kids class scholarships and MAG Talks events featuring speakers from diverse backgrounds. Other collaborations include MAG volunteers working with the Pallet Village in Georgetown the Womens Club and the Milton Garden Club.

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 96% 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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 53.1%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33% of revenue deployed · 53.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.