Pamoja Art Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721237137
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Shreveport, LA, USA
Phone
3186388739
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,340
Expenses
$121,398
Assets
$257,864
Liabilities
$154,464

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRENCHIE EVANS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMEELAH EL-AMIN (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD)
  • NJERI CAMARA (SECRETARY)
  • SONYA C LANDRY (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pamoja art society is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to celebrating african-american culture, serving artists, and building a stronger community. The organization was founded in 1977 by a talented group of artists from northwest Louisiana. Today, pamoja is a multi-discipline arts organization that serves more than 5,000 children and adults each year. Pamoja cultural arts center is the venue for pamoja's programs and a wide variety of community activities. The center is a leader in community development and the revitalization of the linwood village, a small, quaint business district in central shreveport.

What it reported doing in 2023

Promote african-american art in the shreveport-bossier area

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.12; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.