Urban Arts Experience Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273970988
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2012
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Rensselaer, NY, USA
Phone
5185066111
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Theater

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,293
Expenses
$70,510
Assets
$5,283

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Urban Arts Experience serves to educate, empower and engage every individual in fostering social change, academic achievement and healthy behaviors through the performing arts and prevention programming. Collaborating with colleges and universities, municipal organizations and agencies to provide innovative, custom programming that addresses the unique needs facing urban communities, fuses cutting edge theatrical productions and innovative community-based programming.

What it reported doing in 2012

Urban Education - Urban Stage Hackett Theater Arts After-School Program Serving 15-20 Students Brighter Choice Sites Theater Arts After-School Program Serving 45-50 Students Urban College Prep Program - College Club Serving 10 - 12 Students Urban Teen Center At Ida - Serving 10 Students Halloween Celebration Haunted House at the KID Green House - Serving Over 450 Intro To Theater Drama Classes - Serving 10 - 15 Students Urban Stage At VI PAL Youth Center - Serving 10 - 15 Students KID Skillastics Summer Program - (Ages 7-13) (Ages 14 - 18) Serving - 115 Summer Traveling Theater Program - Brighter Choice Sites, KID Skillastics, 3 PAL Sites, 4-H, YMCA, Summer Scene (Ages 7-13) (Ages 16 - 18) Serving 92 Urban Education Summer Teen Internship - (Ages 15 - 17) Serving 10 Urban Leadership Summer Teen Internship - (Ages 15 - 17) Serving 10-15 Urban Summer Teen Internship At Ida - (Ages 15 - 17) Serving 10 Urban Summer Teen Theater Internship - (Ages 15 - 17) Serving 8 - 10 TOTAL Serving 800-860

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.9%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 30.4%; rating input score 30

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.9% of revenue deployed · 30.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.