Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833147010
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Mackinac Island, MI, USA
Phone
5173036722
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Council/Agency

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,002
Expenses
$10,084
Assets
$22,748
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Susan Roll (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Philip Rice (Director)
  • Susan Roll (Board President)
  • Lisa Craig Brisson (Board member)

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

The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is formed are: To foster and promote creativity through building educational opportunities and connections among artists, performers, audiences, and arts and culture organizations to create a thriving environment for arts and culture in the Upper Peninsula. Specifically, a. To promote arts and culture as a way to create a community aesthetic that attracts visitors and new residents. b. To provide activities and networking opportunities for artists, performers, audiences, and arts and culture organizations in the Upper Peninsula. c. To advocate for the arts as a catalyst for cultural and economic growth d. To educate the public as to the value of arts and culture in the Upper Peninsula

What it reported doing in 2025

Conducted outreach events i.e. public networking receptions, public board meetings, and an annual conference intended to facilitate collaboration and professional development within the field(s) of arts and culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -906.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.26; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -30% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.