The African Heritage Association of St Louis Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431700909
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3143225645
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,761
Expenses
$53,507
Assets
$59,016
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cynthia L Cosby (Executive Director Emeritus)

People named in this filing

  • Cynthia L Cosby (Executive Director Emeritus)
  • Gerald S Brooks (Board Chairman)
  • Jacqueline Davis Wellington (Vice Chairman)

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

Provide community access to African Arts

What it reported doing in 2024

Created a virtual African Village atmosphere that engendered fellowship among attendees and exposed them to African culture through educational and entertaining activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.3%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 51.7%; rating input score 52

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: 33.7%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.3% of revenue deployed · 51.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.