Sheridan Artists Guild Et Al
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020755187
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Sheridan, WY, USA
- Phone
- 3076725277
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $253,437
- Expenses
- $278,344
- Assets
- $781,733
- Liabilities
- $9,452
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAN LEE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JILL TERRY (TREASURER)
- TRACY BOYLE (DIRECTOR)
- DAN LEE (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sage's mission to inspire and build community through the visual arts. Our mission is fulfilled by focusing on three key pillars: see art, create art, promote art. Each program offered by sage is strategically implemented and developed to ensure it fulfills at least one of these three key areas. "see art" is fulfilled through the opportunities sage provides to the sheridan community to see and experience a wide variety of art in its member and exhibition galleries. -create art" is fulfilled through our community arts education program which provides creative arts learning opportunities for all ages and experience levels. "promote art" is fulfilled through creating a platform to support the visual arts and local artists through our galleries, events and marketing reach.
What it reported doing in 2025
Sage furthered its mission and continued strategically implementing programs and services that fall under one of its three key pillars of see art, create art, and promote art. Through its exhibition and member galleries, community arts education program, membership program, and arts promotion efforts it has hosted art exhibitions with local and visting artists, supported and promoted local artists, and provided arts learning opportunities through classes, workshops and artist talks.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 63.8%; rating input score 64
- Fundraising efficiency: $216.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.81; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 63.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $178K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.