The American Friends of the Whitechapel Gallery Foundationinc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133459662
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9178460675
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,388
Expenses
$8,076
Assets
$23,566
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEIKE MORAS (PRESIDENT, TREASURER)
  • EBELE OKOBI (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • HEIKE MORAS (PRESIDENT, TREASURER)
  • EBELE OKOBI (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • CHELSEA KINCHIN-SMITH (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This entity's primary purpose is to obtain funds by gift, bequest or devise and to invest such funds and to apply income and principal thereof as the board of directors determine, within or without the U.S.a. Exclusively for charitable, scientific, educational or literary purposes, through contributions to any charitable organization or directly for such activities in furtherance of it's charitable purpose. The certificate of incorporation specifically includes the support of the activities of the whitechapel art gallery, an english nonprofit organizaton.

What it reported doing in 2025

No grants were made during fiscal year 03/31/26

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 65.5%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.92; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.5% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.