Pixel
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260614776
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Rogers, AR, USA
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Higher Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $88,760
- Expenses
- $84,888
- Assets
- $56,430
- Liabilities
- $13,223
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- DAVID KERSEY (EXECUTIVE DI)
- ERIK DANIELSON (BOARD CHARIM)
- HELENA GADISON (BOARD VICE C)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To educate the next generation of creative professionals and entrepreneurs that will shape the future of innovation in design and technology.
What it reported doing in 2019
Secondary curriculum provided through a contract with the Arkansas arts academy which provides adjunct style on-site curriculum development and education in graphic arts benefitting approximately 50 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.8%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.4%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.8% of revenue deployed · 74% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $63K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2019
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.