New Orleans Photo Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205899827
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Visual Arts Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,938
Expenses
$162,720
Assets
$24,236
Liabilities
$40,366

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bruce Barnes (President)
  • Doug Miller (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Bruce Barnes (President)
  • Eli Mergle (Technology)
  • Susan Cates (Accountant)

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 encourage the appreciation of photography through exhibit opportunities and educational programs. To give amateur photographers opportunities to grow and share their talent and stories through photography. NOPA strives to be a cultural stimulus which fosters artistic and economic growth while preserving the rich and diverse photographic culture of New Orleans and the Southern region.

What it reported doing in 2024

We reach the entire photography community through website newsletters social media. We offer the opportunity to participate in photo exhibitions hands on workshops lectures lectures with professional photographers. We also offer the use of a fully equiped darkroom in our gallery to members and non-members.

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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 61.7%; rating input score 62

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: -5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.67; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 84.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 58% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 61.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.