Sandy Bodecker Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853987523
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
3238962154
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,952
Expenses
$94,324
Assets
$460,355
Liabilities
$7,562

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Tanya Cerda (Chair/Treasurer)
  • Bel Castle (Secretary)
  • Mark Smith (Member)

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

To amplify the voices, ideas and creativity of a new generation of problem solvers.

What it reported doing in 2024

PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS: Estimated investment: $33,130.48 in cash (plus overhead allocation) and $78,400 in in-kind contributions Sandy Bodecker Project, Inc. partners with professional artists, musicians, designers, and educators to provide free, multidisciplinary creative workshops that expand access to high-quality arts education, particularly for individuals from underrecognized communities. Our mission is to amplify the voices, ideas, and creative potential of emerging problem solvers. In 2024, the organization delivered 23 programs and in-person events, serving 258 participants at our headquarters located at 2360 NW Quimby Street in Portland, Oregon. We also collaborated with Portland Community College, De La Salle North Catholic High School, Portland Public Schools, and the N M Bodecker Creative Foundation to broaden program access throughout the Portland metro area. Workshop disciplines in 2024 included songwriting, beat making and recording, audio engineering, tattoo art and design, filmmaking, costume design, graphic design, product design, and related creative fields. Participants were referred through Portland Public Schools, regional school districts, and 501(c)(3) partner organizations including De La Salle North Catholic High School, Portland Community College, Nordia House, and Sandy Bodecker Project, Inc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 program spending 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.7%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 39.1%; rating input score 39

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: 44.5%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.88; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 81.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.7% of revenue deployed · 39.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 22/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.