Self Help Graphics & Art Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Self-help graphics (shg) presents cultural events such as the longest running dia de los muertos public celebration in the country for local and regional audiences. The event includes a three-month long series of programs aimed at engaging local communities in a festival event on or as close as possible to november 2nd including food, entertainment, and art. Shg also provides a robust program of cultural exhibitions year-round, which include public and educational engagement programming. Community and youth programs - self-help graphics (shg) promotes and supports the work of emerging, established, and mid-career chicano/latino visual artists and provides a space where they can work in an egalitarian atmosphere of creativity and cooperation. Shg's public art workshops attract artists of all levels who work at shg in a variety of mediums including intaglio printmaking, diy silk-screening and many others. Shg is one of the few places in los angeles that offers artists a space where they can develop artistically regardless of age, race, or ethnicity. Shg also provides art services to schools, community-based organizations and private companies through its barrio mobile art studio which specializes in a variety of art workshops to engage with community and youth through art. Mobile art workshops include silk-screening, stencil making, mural projects and more.professional print-making programs - self-help graphics (shg) professional print-making program is the foundation of the organization. The program has produced nearly 3,193 editions of silkscreen prints by an ever-growing number of local and visiting artists. Through its collection, shg serves as a resource for academic research and scholarship for historians, teachers, and students. Shg remains a key institution in the culture of east los angeles and California as a cultural nexus of development of emerging artists who use its facilities to bring their artistic skills and ideas to maturity. As a result, shg brings to the community the proud tradition of alternative education that instills in its youth models for future hope and career aspiration.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 19.7%; rating input score 20
• Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61
• Fundraising efficiency: $31.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 68.2%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.88; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings