Shiftworks Community and Public Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862716377
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4123368182
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$971,753
Expenses
$1,348,856
Assets
$589,605
Liabilities
$61,178

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHAD HENDERSON (PRESIDENT)
  • J THOMAS AGNEW (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SALLYANN KLUZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SALLYANN KLUZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $119,554 total reported compensation
  • DR DIVYA RAO HEFFLEY (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR): $86,660 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Shiftworks envisions a region in which the creative practices of artists are fully engaged to collaboratively shape the public realm and catalyze community-led change. (see also schedule o).

What it reported doing in 2024

Via fieldwork, shiftworks supports organizations, municipalities, institutions, and others to design and implement public art projects grounded in community needs. Through this program, shiftworks provides technical assistance and education to entities seeking to commission artists for projects in the public realm. In fy2025, shiftworks provided support to the Pennsylvania department of transportation for projects on the parkway west, art in the airport at the pittsburgh international airport, the pittsburgh parks conservancy for artwork in mellon square, and other technical assistance clients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 62% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 59.8%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 56% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 43.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 59.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $806K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.