Unruly Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814552172
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Toledo, OH, USA
Phone
4192807167
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,420
Expenses
$130,165
Assets
$35,511
Liabilities
$2,923

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOE MURNEN (PRESIDENT)
  • LORRAINE SCHOEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SUSAN GDOWIK (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRIS ANDERSON (TRUSTEE)
  • WENDY PESTRUE (TRUSTEE)
  • LARRY SCHAFFER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Unruly arts is a professional studio that provides art materials, instruction and skill-building to artists with disabilities. Unruly arts is a choice for adults with disabilities who want to explore their specific artistic abilities and vision.

What it reported doing in 2024

Unruly arts is the intersection of disabilities, art and empowerment, creating opportunities for artistic expression within a context of care and connection. We believe this approach to art can be a force for positive social change. Our vision is to provide a professional art studio in a variety of mediums for artists with disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 65% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.8%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 62.8%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.8% of revenue deployed · 62.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.