Strokes of Genius, Inc
Legal name: Strokes of Genius
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453766184
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9177571019
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,225
- Expenses
- $13,737
- Assets
- $1,843
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR ROSA C MARTINEZ (PRESIDENT)
- STUART M FLAUM (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DR ROSA C MARTINEZ (PRESIDENT)
- STUART M FLAUM (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CARMELA MONTANILE (TREASURER & 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 specific and primary purpose of Strokes of Genius® Inc is to educate and empower individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by promoting artistic abilities in contrast to the disabilities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Strokes of genius, inc. Art exhibitions: to promote individual artists as "artists and to make their works available for exhibits, auctions and sales to the general public.to create awareness in the general public about the talents and abilities of some individuals with asd in contrast to the disabilities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -22.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.