The Print Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
230988930
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$599,493
Expenses
$538,886
Assets
$883,025
Liabilities
$171,411

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HESTER STINNETT (PRESIDENT)
  • GENNY BOCCARDO-DUBEY (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LAUREL GARBER (TRUSTEE)
  • JULIANA FOSTER (TRUSTEE)
  • SHELLEY LANGDALE (TRUSTEE)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The print center encourages the growth and understanding of photography and printmaking as vital contemporary arts through exhibitions, publications and educational programs

What it reported doing in 2023

Art exhibitions and programs - each year the print center presents four to eight changing contemporary printmaking and photography exhibitions featureing renowned local, national and international artists, often supported by publications the print center series offers unique opportunities for audiences and artists to interact through gallery talks, lectures, panel discussions book events, and film screenings the print center gallery store supports more than seventy-five artists and offers an extensive selection of contemporary prints and photographs onside in philadelphia, as well as via the internet the arts in school program provides underserved philadelphia high school students with valuable arts education through year-long residencies in classroom.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.8%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.8% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $353K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.