Visual Adjectives SEEDS Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830525291
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Delray Beach, FL, USA
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,641
Expenses
$168,315
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$7,319

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Suzannie Stinson (President and Executive Director)
  • AlLicia Pittman (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Suzannie Stinson (President and Executive Director)
  • AlLicia Pittman (Vice President)
  • Stanford Purnell III (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Visual Adjectives SEEDS mission is to give students the creative opportunities that will help shape their professional futures at an early age. SEEDS empowers students through creative arts education fostering self-expression critical thinking and career readiness. Our programs provide hands-on training in writing visual arts and digital media ensuring students develop both artistic skills and life competencies.

What it reported doing in 2025

Through 150 one-hour creative sessions engaging 1525 students at a time SEEDS provided 2,2503,750 contact hours of meaningful mentorship driven literacy and arts instruction. Delivered instruction in creative writing illustration and publishing enabling students to produce original works and gain real-world experience. Facilitated student publication opportunities allowing participants to see their work in professionally formatted anthologies. Partnered with local schools and community organizations to expand access to arts education for underserved youth. Provided $40,000 worth of educational resources including books art supplies and mentorship at no cost to participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.7%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 55%; rating input score 55

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: -4.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 53% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.7% of revenue deployed · 55% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.