Rpga Studio Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472589237
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9175973089
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,553
Expenses
$127,833
Assets
$104,882
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rasheedat Badejo (Board President)
  • Yvonne Shortt (Executive Director)
  • Deborah Casseus (Treasurer/Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Rasheedat Badejo (Board President)
  • Yvonne Shortt (Executive Director)
  • Deborah Casseus (Treasurer/Vice 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Use creativity (art, technology, design, sustainability) to address community issues.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community revitalization: public space cleanups, sculptures, murals, workshops, outdoor installations for community revitalization. Benefits all 28,000 Rego Park Residents, 80,000 Forest Hills residents, 20,000 Elmhurst residents, 1,000 Kew Gardens residents, 3,000 Richmond Hill residents, 5,000 Middle Village, 6,000 Maspeth residents, 4,000 Glendale residents, and 5,000 Jamaica residents (numbers approximate).

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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84

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: -6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $108K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.