Urban Art Gallery Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471682450
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2159192424
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,048,227
- Expenses
- $1,015,573
- Assets
- $347,381
- Liabilities
- $29,350
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KALPHONSE MORRIS (PRESIDENT)
- PAMELA MORRIS (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KALPHONSE MORRIS (PRESIDENT)
- PAMELA MORRIS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ERICE REID (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Urban Art Gallery has replenished the community with some free programs for children, such as vocal lessons, music lessons, and arts and craft, which allow children to express themselves artistically and building one community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Other programming that children can benefit from educationally are the various art workshops offered throughout the year, such as crafting and jewelry making. The intention is to expose children to the diversity of the arts and broaden their experiences by learning how to make different things while doing crafts that are fun. Art is a form of education, and children often learn best by visual, auditory stimulation and being hands on. Art programs in public schools facilitated the learning process for children, making learning fun, which is why the UAG continues to promote art and to create programming for youth, because it is not only an essential component to their education, but to their self-development. With this grant, we will bring the power of art and music to the community by partnering with different community groups that work with children and adults.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 85% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 66.8%; rating input score 67; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $956K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.