Tualatin Valley Creates

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300254528
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone
5034229081
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$210,832
Expenses
$168,989
Assets
$62,448
Liabilities
$10,825

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Yasmin Ruvalcaba (Executive Director)
  • Elisa Joy Payne (Board Chair Not President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Yasmin Ruvalcaba (Executive Director): $56,250 total reported compensation
  • Jayne Dahl (Program Manager): $25,806 total reported compensation
  • Cameron Riley (Website and Media Specialist): $5,310 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Tualatin Valley Creates drives the development of inclusive resilient creative communities using arts culture heritage and humanities. Tualatin Valley Creates offers professional development workshops for artists administers calls for public art and manages a comprehensive online resource website.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization delivered a diverse range of arts education programs including workshops and community activities led by skilled facilitators catering to both youth and community members. These initiatives aimed to engage participants in creative endeavors fostering personal growth self-expression and community cohesion through artistic exploration. Through these programs individuals had the opportunity to develop their artistic skills expand their cultural horizons and build meaningful connections with their peers and mentors. The organizations commitment to providing accessible and enriching arts experiences helped empower participants to explore their creativity and unlock their full potential.

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.8%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $133K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.