Steel City Arts Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251738658
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4123224008
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,191
Expenses
$128,249
Assets
$271,352
Liabilities
$4,171

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DIONDRE JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • LYNN KNEZEVICH (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DIONDRE JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • LYNN KNEZEVICH (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ALETHIA BUSH (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide school-aged children and their families with cultural, artistic and educational experiences necessary to heal from trauma and promote emotional well being.

What it reported doing in 2020

This program offers cultural music and arts education programmingwhere students express themselves artistically.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.2%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.12; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.2% of revenue deployed · 6.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.