Pilsen Arts & Community House

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850596558
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
6307489438
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,546
Expenses
$89,852
Assets
$22,403
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Teresa Magana (Secretary Executive Director)
  • Pablo Ramirez (President)

People named in this filing

  • Teresa Magana (Secretary Executive Director)
  • Sandra Serrato (Treasurer)
  • Pablo Ramirez (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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

FORM 990-EZ, PART III - PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE PILSEN ARTS & COMMUNITY HOUSE is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization offering space and resources through exhibitions, art instruction, and mentorship. We believe in fostering positive relationships with artists and community members to ensure continued growth and service in Pilsen while providing creative opportunities for all. Our three largest program services are: 1. Arts Centered workshops and classes. Estimated participation per year is over 500 community members. 2. Artist Mentorship, Professional Development and Entrepreneurial Coaching thru Exhibitions and PopUp Events held monthly. We worked with over 100 artists in 2021, helping them to earn revenue through their art sales. 3. Offering our space Free and or Low Cost to support other organizations, independent artists, organizers, cultural workers and individuals seeking to provide service and community engagement.

What it reported doing in 2021

Artist Consignment Sales thru Exhibtions (expenses)

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.8% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.