Steffen Thomas Museum & Archives Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582421911
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Buckhead, GA, USA
Phone
7063427557
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Art Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$316,895
Expenses
$297,850
Assets
$12,266
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRISH THURMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DON M ROMAN SR (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)

People named in this filing

  • LISA CONNER (MEMBER AT LARGE)
  • TRISH THURMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LISA FIELDS (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the steffen thomas museum of art is to provide opportunities to engage, to learn, and to be inspired through steffan's life, art and legacy.

What it reported doing in 2024

ExhibitionsSpecial exhibitions, which include work by contemporary artists as well as Steffen Thomas, serve as a cornerstone for the museums programs. The more permanent displays of Thomass work are located in the Main Gallery, History Gallery, and Steffen Thomas Family Gallery. Temporary exhibitions occur in the West Gallery. The exhibition Queer Perspectives was on view August 10, 2024, to January 4, 2025, and featured the work of 13 Georgia-based LGBTQ+ artists. Queer Perspectives was not only an excellent opportunity to connect and foster a wider understanding with the LGBTQ artists here in Georgia. The work, and the artists, were incredibly well-received, several works sold, and many new people were introduced to the museum. The second exhibition was titled Touch Grass, featuring art by Steffen Thomas, Senora Lynch, and Raven Waters with a special exhibition by Alex Huynh in partnership with the Georgia Writers Museum, on vie January 25 to June 30, 2025. This exhibition focused on the popular phase touch grass, meaning for people to enjoy the outdoors rather than technology. The focus included paintings of people participating in outdoor activities, native American pottery, and a young, high school Georgia girl who has written and illustrated her own book and won several award and recognitions. Numerous pieces of Senora Lynch, Raven Waters, and Alex Huynhs art were sold during this exhibit.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.2%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 30%; rating input score 30
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 2nd 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.2% of revenue deployed · 30% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 20 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX AllOtherExpenses column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.