Tall Grass Arts Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 366134605
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Park Forest, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7087483377
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $156,107
- Expenses
- $140,432
- Assets
- $210,466
- Liabilities
- $6,903
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MAE BRANDON (PRESIDENT)
- DONNIELESKY KEYS (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MAE BRANDON (PRESIDENT)
- DONNIELESKY KEYS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DIANA CRUZ (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
To promote public education and appreciation of the arts, to encourage artists, and to support high quality art through exhibits, sales, classes and special programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Free open art gallery for the surrounding suburbanbusiness and residents. (donated rent concessions fromthe village of park forest in the amount in 51,800
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 69% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $130K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.