Patron of the Arts in Rural Communities
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462678233
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Beaver Island, MI, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $122,640
- Expenses
- $127,906
- Assets
- $47,083
- Liabilities
- $52,349
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Carol Burton (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Kelly Haenni (Board Chair)
- Michael Macaluso (Vice Chair)
- Steve Girbach (Secretary)
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
Mission Statement: We aim to create opportunities for all artists serve as an educational resource and strongly encourage community and family involvement in an outdoor environment that combines nature renewable energy music and artwork. Our main goal is to bring attention to our beautiful world especially Beaver Island by uniting these talents and people. Patrons of the Arts in Rural Communities promotes the variety and tradition of all music and art.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Beaver Island Music Festival July 18 19 & 20 2024 demonstrated significant program service accomplishments through its commitment to accessibility community engagement and operational excellence. The festival maintains its infrastructure to ensure opportunities for everyone while continuing to expand its family-friendly areas. BIMFs volunteer network is central to the festivals success with over 65 generous volunteers. The festival showcased its dedication to educational resources and family involvement by offering diverse programming including kids activities with games crafts prizes and play areas alongside yoga sessions and open-mic opportunities throughout the weekend. The 2024 festival reinforced its core mission by uniting over 100 talented musicians local and national acts and community members in an outdoor environment that combined nature renewable energies music and artwork fostering genuine human connection. Operating as a 501c3 since 2013.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.11; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.