Western New York Artists Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161508113
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7168852251
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Art Museums
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,238
- Expenses
- $64,531
- Assets
- $68,220
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Eileen Graetz (President)
People named in this filing
- Eileen Graetz (President)
- Brian Conaway (Treasurer)
- Dominic Ballachino (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
The mission of the Western new York Artists Group is: 1- To stimulate the interest in and to promote the people in the arts by the exhibition of their artwork 2 - To develop more knowledge and appreciation of visual artwork 3 - To encourage the formation and continuance of high quality arts programming
What it reported doing in 2025
WNY Artists Group, Inc strives to promote regional artists from the Western New York area as well as aid in the production of artwork displays
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 15
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16.4%; rating input score 16
- Program expense ratio: 13%; rating input score 13
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 16.4% of revenue deployed · 13% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 16/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.