Syracuse Poster Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272472515
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3159377123
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Humanities Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,268
Expenses
$39,917
Assets
$82,417
Liabilities
$37

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • James Emmons (Board Chairman, Director)
  • Amanda Henrie (Board Member)
  • Tom Carlin (Board Member, 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Production of civic poster art for public display.

What it reported doing in 2024

Organized annual poetry contest and call for artists. Produced poster series for public display featuring 14 legendary Central New York businesses. Businesses include: The Art Store, Books End Bookshop, Boom Babies, Columbus Bakery, Discount Shoe Repair, Gannon's Isle Ice Cream, Heid's of Liverpool, Hercules Candy Company, Kitty Hoyne's Irish Pub, Pastabilities, Pavone's Pizza, Syracuse Cooperative Market, Sound Garden, and Found Things Plant Shop. Printed two sets of large-format posters for public display (total: approximately 28 posters). Planned and raised funds for permanent installation of two large-format posters in Armory Square. Held unveiling celebration for new poster series. Participated in Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival and Light a Candle for Literacy. Managed online store. Recruited and worked with four college interns. Served approximately 300 poets, 30 artists, and 1.8 million pedestrians able to view publicly displayed posters.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 3.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.06; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.