Transformative Arts Project Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861928414
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Vienna, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8089388187
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $70,739
- Expenses
- $54,772
- Assets
- $30,140
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR LAURA SHERWOOD (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DR LAURA SHERWOOD (PRESIDENT)
- SANDRA SILVA (TREASURER)
- EILEEN DWYER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Transformative arts project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to creating inclusive, research-informed community arts programs that support mental health, emotional well-being, and resilience. In collaboration with local and international partners, we use creative expression and meaningful dialogue to bring the voices, strengths, and lived experiences of historically underrepresented communities to the forefront.
What it reported doing in 2025
Approximately 150 people actively participated in tap's two major community events, including youth, families, service providers, community partners, organizational leaders, and other community stakeholders.because the photovoice exhibition remained publicly accessible throughout may, its community impact extended beyond direct program and event participants. Tap estimates that approximately 3,000 members of the public were reached through the month-long exhibition and related activities.2025 measurable accomplishments78+ youth and community members directly engaged in photovoice and visual storytellingapproximately 150 active participants across two major community eventsone month-long public photovoice exhibition during mental health awareness monthapproximately 3,000 estimated community members reached through the public exhibition and related activitiesyouth engaged through multiple frederick county community partners, including the boys & girls club, asian american center, and frederick youth councilparticipant-created photography and narratives brought lived experiences related to mental health, resilience, identity, and community well-being into public community dialogue
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.9%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.6%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.9% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.