Sandpiper Gallery

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
816035607
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Polson, MT, USA
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,450
Expenses
$37,753
Assets
$68,619

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUE ARNESON (PRESIDENT)
  • CANDYCE BREVIK (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SUE ARNESON (PRESIDENT)
  • CANDYCE BREVIK (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • CHERI BROWNE (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

Encourage & promote fine arts

What it reported doing in 2024

Various workshops are sponsored, art festivals organized, workrooms provided

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 81% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.7%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.7% of revenue deployed · 13.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.