Noah Purifoy Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954768744
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-PF 2023
- Location
- Culver City, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9494009837
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Breast Cancer Research
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $214,935
- Expenses
- $408,246
- Assets
- $726,546
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSEPH LEWIS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOSEPH LEWIS (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN HALLER (SECRETARY)
- DEMETRIO KERRISON (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In 1998, purifoys representative and colleague of many years, sue a. Welsh, suggested to noah purifoy the importance of preserving his outdoor desert art museum of assemblage sculpture in joshua tree. The following year, the noah purifoy foundation (npf) was formally established as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit private foundation.npfs mission is to preserve and maintain the site noah purifoy developed in joshua tree, California as a permanent cultural center and sculpture park open to the public; to promote public recognition and appreciation for the values that noah purifoys work as artist and educator has embodied; and to pursue these goals in a manner that protects noah purifoys contribution as an artist and educator.the primary activities of the noah purifoy foundation are to: preserve and maintain noah purifoy's existing works of art maintain the 10-acre noah purifoy desert art museum of assemblage sculpture for public engagement, tours, and educational programs provide an arts educatio
What it reported doing in 2024
(1) uai urban arts initiative supported an arts education program for five title 1 middle schools in south central los angeles. (2) completed construction of a new building to house small works by noah purifoy and created a conservation laboratory and secure location to house the foundations archives. Completed condition survey for 114 exterior installation artworks created by noah purifoy.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $42.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th 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: Limited
- 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -89.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $362K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.