Voice of Art Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823220779
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Millerton, NY, USA
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Visual Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$112,560
Expenses
$111,293
Assets
$28,048

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Peter Cutler (BOD & Secretary)
  • Priscilla Meleschnig (BOD & Treasurer)
  • Phil Ricciuti (Board of Director)

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

The specific purpose of The Voice of Art is to be dedicated to creating art experiences that enrich the lives of local and the surrounding communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

"Fine Art Festival": The Voice of Arts continuing primary project in Litchfield County and the surrounding communities as a part of "All-Accessible Creative Placemaking" since 2021. TVOA organized Litchfield Art Festival free and open to the Public in May and September 2023-2024. Provided hundreds of regional artists with opportunities to showcase their work and collaborate with other artists to create meaningful integration of arts and community-building activities to build a strong sense of community together. Engaged and attracted diverse audience participation toward building a creative regional community that gives equitable and wider access to the arts and culture which are essential to a communitys well-being cultural vitality sense of identity and heritage.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.9%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 17

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: 1.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.9% of revenue deployed · 17.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.