West Harlem Arts Alliance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872925731
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9177215654
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $198,595
- Expenses
- $190,685
- Assets
- $4,044
- Liabilities
- $7,286
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jerry Salama (President)
People named in this filing
- Michael Palma (Board Member)
- Jerry Salama (President)
- Ana Ofelia Rodgriguez (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
West Harlem Arts Alliance (WHAA) is an arts service organization whose mission is to professionally resource and nurture the artists and arts organizations based in and serving West Harlem and facilitating and developing collaborations through partnerships with local business, educational, civic, and cultural organizations to support the arts in West Harlem.
What it reported doing in 2024
Educational Workshops & Web Based Services for Artists- Three technical assistance in-person seminars and convenings for West Harlem artists in grant preparation, mission articulation and grant writing to a total of 155 attendees, and our online, web-based services, including the "A-list", or Artist Directory and our West Harlem "Arts Calendar" serving 8,424 artists and area event seekers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - 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: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.6%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.8; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.6% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $162K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.