The Culture House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431739762
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Olathe, KS, USA
Phone
9133933141
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,955,937
Expenses
$1,953,958
Assets
$1,654,861
Liabilities
$2,022,527

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEREMIAH ENNA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • RICK ENNA (CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEREMIAH ENNA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $111,932 total reported compensation
  • MONA STORLING-ENNA (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / FOUNDE): $82,230 total reported compensation
  • JILLIAN SIVEWRIGHT (DIRECTOR): $5,792 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The culture house's (tch) mission is to positively influence communities, locally and nationally, through artistic endeavors and to develop intellectual and moral faculties through education. We seek to educate youth in the performing arts and civic responsibility, equipping them for cultural leadership. Tch's mission is also to support professional artists in a community of excellence, while modeling a healthy perspective on life and the arts.

What it reported doing in 2024

The culture house conservatory of the arts offers as many as 120 school year classes and as many as 65 summer programs to as many as 950 students throughout the year. Classes can range from 1-2 hours per class and may meet from 1-5 times a week. Classes can last from 4 months to 10 months long. Performing arts programs end the program or course with a performance or showcase. Art holds an annual exhibition and music students have performance and recital opportunities. Summer programs consist of 1-2 week long programs many of which end in a performance. We offer a post-secondary dance program offering accredited coursework through visible music college. Professional programs include a professional dance company that performs throughout Kansas city; a music recording studio; a lecture series; a summer broadway musical. Outreach programs include arts classes for at risk and underserved youth. In addition, storling dance theater's annual production of the underground railroad has over the years allowed for and enabled the culture house to work with churches, organizations, businesses, and city leaders to seek to bring healing and reconciliation across the racial divides through the arts within the city and its surrounding regions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 54
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.8%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 92.2%; rating input score 92; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.22; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.8% of revenue deployed · 74% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.