Outpost Productions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850363945
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5052680044
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,180,197
Expenses
$895,705
Assets
$2,265,798
Liabilities
$199,264

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RUTH BOULDES (PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLES PALMER (TREASURER & VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TOM GURALNICK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TOM GURALNICK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $76,536 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A member supported, non-profit organization offering a diverse mix of music, other arts and educational programs for all ages - by local, national, and international artists - in its own intimate perfomance space and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2024

**** programs included concerts in its own 160 seat venue as well as larger venues in albuquerque, santa fe, and online. Concerts comprised jazz and more by national and local artists, including co-producing the 3 week New Mexico jazz festival (founded in 2006) outpost offered more than 30 weeks of low-cost jazz ensemble classes for youth and adults, hosted youth performances, and 4 visual arts exhibits. Outpost programs served 60,000 people. Outpost offered its venue to others to produce their own events and partnered with numerous arts organizations. Outpost is supported by ticket sales, grants, government contracts, private donations, 800 dues paying members and more than 100 volunteers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $24.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.53; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $740K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.