St. Augustine Art Association

Legal name: The St Augustine Art Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
590719524
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
St. Augustine, FL, US
Phone
(904) 824-2310
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$445,140
Expenses
$350,108
Assets
$1,630,412
Liabilities
$1,835

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHERINE AVERY ST JEAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DIANE BRADLEY (TREASURER)
  • KAY BURTIN (DIRECTOR)
  • JUDI COWAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inspire and educate through the visual arts, enriching the cultural life of St. Augustine and the surrounding community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Produced ten competitive juried art shows, which provided 2-d & 3-d art exhibitions for free public viewing, enjoyment, education, and community enhancement of the arts. All ten exhibits were also displayed online. Additional shows included: the 20th annual all-county high school art show & 15th annual middle school show, both in the gallery and online, in partnership with the st. Johns county school district. Other exhibitions: jacksonville watercolor society; first coast pastel society; st. Augustine camera club; the ''tactile art show" of all touchable art in partnership with the fl school for the deaf & the blind and the fl deaf/blind association; the city-wide 9th annual "plein air paint out" in partnership with the city of st. Augustine, flagler college, the lightner museum and other community partners; monday night "figure study'' provides non- instructional weekly studio sessions with a live model. There is a permanent installation of historical artifacts on display from the raid on st. Augustine by sir francis drake, in 1586.

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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.3%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.66; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $281K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.