Vsa Arts of North Dakota Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270238136
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Bismarck, ND, USA
- Phone
- 7014711946
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $44,274
- Expenses
- $44,407
- Assets
- $2,790
- Liabilities
- $15,976
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHAWN F HOLZ (President)
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH QUISSELL (Director)
- SHAWN F HOLZ (President)
- BRIANNA CONNELLY (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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mission Statement: VSA North Dakota strives to create and maintain a community where people with disabilities can learn through, participate in, and have access to the arts. Vision Statement: Recognizing that every individual has a creative voice that needs to be both expressed and heard, VSA North Dakota provides, promotes, and furthers arts centered activities in inclusive settings so people with and without disabilities can experience the arts together.The four guiding principles of VSA North Dakota are: every young person with a disability deserves access to high quality arts learning experiences; all artists in schools and art educators should be prepared to include students with disabilities in their instruction; all children, youth, and adults with disabilities should have complete access to community cultural facilities and activities; and all individuals with disabilities who aspire to careers in the arts should have the opportunity to develop appropriate skills.
What it reported doing in 2014
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND OUTREACHDirect OutreachStaff presentations were available to service clubs, schools, or sites that were interested in having VSA North Dakota programs in their communities. Web OutreachRotating Art Display at Minot State University Center for Persons with DisabilitiesVSA North Dakota has a rotating display of student art at the library of the Minot State University Center for Persons with Disabilities. The art is exchanged every six to eight weeks, and it is estimated that several thousand people each year see the student work, and become aware of VSA North Dakota programs.VSA North Dakota regularly updates its Web site, vsanorthdakota.net, which is devoted to VSA North Dakota programs and opportunities throughout the state. Social MediaVSA North Dakota has a Facebook page, which is continuously updated about events and programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 80
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.73; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 64.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -24.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
- 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.
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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.