North Dakota Art Gallery Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
450341556
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Williston, ND, USA
Phone
7015579443
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Visual Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,793
Expenses
$30,753
Assets
$39,485
Liabilities
$43

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Pamela Elliott (Executive Director)
  • Rachel Alfaro (President)
  • Jessica Newman (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Pamela Elliott (Executive Director)
  • Rachel Alfaro (President)
  • Jessica Newman (Vice President)

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

The North Dakota Art Gallery Association promotes art for all The North Dakota Art Gallery Association will Organize a support network for isolated rural as well as urban art communities Foster the public's appreciation and understanding of the arts Coordinate and disseminate information Provide common services to organizations engaged in cultural activities

What it reported doing in 2024

Cooperative Exhibit Tours: NDAGA toured 13 different exhibitions at a total of 36 venues during FY25. Each tour visited a minimum of three member galleries in the Midwest region. The purpose of these tours is to promote both established and up and coming artists, and bring art to both our urban and rural communities. Served approximately 9600.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for member benefits.

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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.7%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 33

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: 9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.7% of revenue deployed · 32.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.