Prairie Music & Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204959117
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Sun Prairie, WI, USA
Phone
6088349550
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Schools

Reported finances

Revenue
$152,215
Expenses
$95,800
Assets
$56,819
Liabilities
$25,431

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kari Engleson (Executive Director)
  • Rebecca Ketelsen (Vice President, Treasurer, Director)
  • Kelsey Hudson (President, Director)

People named in this filing

  • Kari Engleson (Executive Director)
  • Michael Engleson (Treasurer, Director)
  • Rebecca Ketelsen (Vice President, Treasurer, 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Prairie Music & Arts strives to inspire and enrich lives through engaging artistic experiences-fostering creativity, promoting personal growth, and supporting the community through the arts.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the reporting period, Prairie Music & Arts offered community-based programs at schools, community centers, and local events for youth to adults in partnership with the Sun Prairie Area School District, the City of Sun Prairie, and Sunshine Place. Activities, such as visual art, music, theater, digital arts, poetry, and dance, are grounded in self-expression and collaboration, wth a priority placed on reducing barriers to the arts. As such, Prairie Music & Arts aligns with partner organizations that can spread its reach, and programs are offered primarily at no cost to participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.6%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.1%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -29.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.6% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.