Studio School of Design Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862577683
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Katonah, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9148443973
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,083
- Expenses
- $118,238
- Assets
- $83,357
- Liabilities
- $4,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mark Stanley (President)
People named in this filing
- Mark Stanley (President)
- Clifton Taylor (VP/Secy)
- Kenneth Tabachnick (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Studio school of design's (ssd) mission is to create an provide a foundation for an inclusive learning environment that addresses and seeks to widen access to the design professions. Our programs are designed to serve emerging artists, students, educators, and professional early and mid-career designers.
What it reported doing in 2025
Program accomplishments for this year included: hosting our signature high school summer intensive program which serviced 21 high school students through workshops, experiential learning activities, and field trips; high school teacher training workshops; in person and online classes, and networking activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.5%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 66.1%; rating input score 66
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: 7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 40.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.5% of revenue deployed · 66.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $78K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.