The Dalles Art Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 930681535
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- The Dalles, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5412964759
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Visual Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $233,193
- Expenses
- $233,524
- Assets
- $173,842
- Liabilities
- $4,058
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTYN FIX (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KRISTYN FIX (PRESIDENT)
- ED THOMAS (TREASURER)
- DAWN MARIE HERT (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The dalles art association promotes appreciation of and participation in art by operating the dalles art center in the historic carnegie libray. The dalles art center provides a welcoming environment for the presentation of art, the development of artists and the enrichment of our community. Raising awareness of the rich abundance of art created in our region is an essential component of our success. The dalles art association promotes knowledge and appreciation of the arts by coordinating the activities of the dalles art center by: making art accessible to the entire community. Giving area artists a place to display and sell their art. Providing art classes and opportunities to meet with artists. Offering our facilities to the community for other cultural activities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Exposure of local artists' work to the general public through gallery exhibitions, special events and classes.
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 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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 38
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 42.4%; rating input score 42
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43% of revenue deployed · 42.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $99K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 43/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.