The Center for Arts Education Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133938080
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2126899500
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$314,908
Expenses
$179,596
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARGARET CROTTY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARGARET CROTTY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $312,946 total reported compensation
  • MARINA SCHREIBER CHIEF (FINANCIAL & ADMIN OFFICER): $205,110 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Established in 1996, the center for arts education (cae) has been a stalwart advocate for and provider of quality arts education for more than two decades. Today, cae takes a uniquely comprehensive approach to arts education by providing arts instruction at all grade levels and in all disciplines; and linking the arts to 21st century skills: creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. Cae also has unique programs that prepare high school students for careers in the creative industries; engage families in the arts; and deliver professional development and capacity-building programs for educators.

What it reported doing in 2021

School-based programs: the center for arts education (cae) designs and implements school-day, summer, and afterschool residencies in the visual and performing arts for pre-k to 12th grade students. Our arts residencies and workshops, led by cae's master teaching artists, support arts plus arts integrated units of study that are aligned with state and city arts learning standards and build 21st century skills: creativity, communication, collaboration, intrinsically motivated research, and critical thinking. Cae also provides a unique family engagement program and a robust career development program that introduces high school students to careers in the arts and provides post-secondary financial assistance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 67% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.9%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $60.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.9% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $151K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $313K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 48/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.