The Inconvenience
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274624567
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3124281800
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,089
- Expenses
- $66,121
- Assets
- $6,329
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Melissa Davis (President)
People named in this filing
- Melissa Davis (President)
- Emily Reusswig (Director)
- Nicolas Jones (Director)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Inconvenience is a community of interdisciplinary artists who create collaborative events by fusing music, theatre, dance, fine art and celebration. Through producing, curating, and original development, these events activate audience and artist exchange to create social dialogue.
What it reported doing in 2015
The Inconvenience generally supports the artistic community of Chicago through small events and workshops. With 19 ensemble artists, The Inconvenience meets bi-monthly to discuss the forward motion of arts in Chicago.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -8.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -56.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $66K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.