Traditional Cowboy Arts Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 820504580
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Salmon, ID, USA
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,382
- Expenses
- $114,350
- Assets
- $129,607
- Liabilities
- $8,475
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN WILLEMSMA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOHN WILLEMSMA (PRESIDENT)
- SCOTT HARDY (VICE PRESIDE)
- CARY SCHWARZ (SECRETARY/TR)
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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The traditional cowboy arts association is dedicated to preserving and promoting the skills of saddlemaking, bit and spur making, silversmithing and rawhide braiding and the role of these traditional crafts in the cowboy culture of the north american west.
What it reported doing in 2021
1. Plan and hold annual traditional cowboys arts association annual art exhibition and show at the national cowboy and western heritage museum a. Includes educational lectures and demonstrations 2. Tcaa fellowship program for emerging artists - 2 fellowships granted and funded per year. 3. Tcaa emerging artists competition - this is an annual event held for young and developing artists.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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.
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: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
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: 10.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2021
- 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 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.