Nevada Cultural Affairs Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 943156954
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2010–2015
Forms available: Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone: 7029512158
Rating: 72
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue: $1
Expenses: $33,267
Assets: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Robert Ostrovsky (President)
Janice Pine (Vice President)

People named in this filing

I R Ashleman Esquire (Director)
Nancy Alif Esquire (Director)
Sherry Colquitt (Director)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The NCAF raises funds to provide endowments for the Nevada Department of Museums and History and establish specific funds for particular museum activities, as well as the 150 Year State of Nevda Anniversary celebration activities, and ongoing recognition of the state in the media.

What it reported doing in 2015

Nevada state museum and historic sites preservation costs.

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: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 74
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 7
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 32%; rating input score 32

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -3,326,600%; rating input score 0; 0th 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: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 32% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2010 to 2015
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: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.