Sisseton Arts Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460395723
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Sisseton, SD, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Council/Agency

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,696
Expenses
$43,506
Assets
$101,121

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANDI JASPERS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SANDI JASPERS (PRESIDENT)
  • HOLLY BUTRUM (DIRECTOR)
  • SHARON PRENDERGAST (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

The exempt purpose is to provide arts and cultural events and activities for our local community. The mission of the sisseton arts council is to serve a culturally diverse, rural population with a wide variety of arts programming that is offered on a regular basis in partnership with other community organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the 2024-2025 fiscal year our programs reached more than 3500 adults and childeren in the sisseton area, including members of the sisseton wahpeton sioux tribe on the lake traverse indian reservation. This year's activities included three theater opportunities, a music composing academy for youth, monthly arts programs for the elderly living in residential centers, community events including two concerts, book discussion and poetry reading, and public art displays including a summer long visual art exhibit and an outdoor pop-up art installation experience that attracted tourists and community members alike.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -46.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 69; 69th 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: -17% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.