Spruill Center for the Arts

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule o for a complete description.januaryspruill opens seven new studios and an event studio, comprising a total of 8,300 square feet of artistic space. New studios include two ceramics studios, two mixed media/mulit-use studios, a glass studio, wood studio, and blacksmithing.spruill and the city of dunwoody agree to continue to provide scholarships and access to the arts for the community with a grant award in the amount of $46,240 towards spruill's programs.volunteers join together at spruill in honor of the martin luther king, jr. Day of service to paint the upper hallway to create an artistic welcoming space for students and visitors. Februaryspruill's heart market draws an estimated 600 attendees and includes 43 artists. A total of 353 items were sold through these artists totaling $14,385 in sales for them.spruill gallery's first exhibit of the season, through lines, opens and features the work of artists amanda banks, gavin bernard and amberly hui hood. The spruill gallery announces expanded hours and unveils an interior refresh including new painting and display cases as well as improved exterior landscaping.marchspruill's annual artistic affair fundraiser generates nearly $100,000 towards the programming and outreach efforts of the organization, including more than $8,000 dedicated towards providing scholarships for those in need. Spruill hods a ribbon cutting ceremony and officially opens the courtyard sapce for community use. Spruill receives a gift in the amount $1 million to establish the larch creative fund, with proceeds from the investment to be utilized for creative projects throughout the state of Georgia.the first quarter at the education center completes with a total of 1,935 students in 245 classes. The new studios in our expanded building space were utilized for 74 different classes, serving 460 students for blacksmithing, painting, drawing, mosaics, children's programs, stained glass, ceramics, quilting, writing, and leather craft. Another 1,271 students participated in open studios. Ceramics students used a total of 8.5 tons of clay (!) during the semester.as recommended in our strategic planning process, spruill adds two full-time staff members to the team: joshua morgan as facility manager and joanne hernandez as front desk administrative associate. The spruill atrium area has undergone an initial cleanup, including fresh paint, new signage, a seating area for visitors and the opening of the free community art closet. The atrium area serves as the true central point to welcome visitors to spruill. Aprilspruill gallery opens the exhibition, granular landscapes featuring artists soo kim yung and claire paul. Spruill outreach efforts include a field trip with hightower elementary, hosting the meeting of the Georgia association of woodturners, and providing crafts and other activities at the lemonade days festival a community tradition. Volunteers from inspire brands complete our upper hallway transformation by individual painting the existing ceiling tiles into a roy g. Biv color hue along the corridor. A new covered stage pavilion is built, bringing to completion the infrastructure of the expansion project of courtyard development. Mayspruill summer camp begins, running 66 camps (40 for k-5th graders and 26 for 6th-9th graders) for a total of 10 weeks, serving 1,097 campers. Spruill is able to distribute a total of 142 scholarships totaling more than $36,000. Spruill partners with dunwoody high school to support their art gala through sponsorship and the awarding of scholarships to students.in celebration of national pet month, spruill gallery features painter and designer nam kim who demonstrates her expert technique of using brush strokes and simplified subjects and color to create beautiful and emotive works.junethe spring session at the education center concludes with 213 classes and workshops, a total of 1,549 students and another 1,068 participants in our open studios for ceramics, jewelry

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
• Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 23.8%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.65; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings