Wright House of Fashion
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 873686197
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Iowa City, IA, USA
- Phone
- 3195419790
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $185,094
- Expenses
- $185,230
- Assets
- $38,683
- Liabilities
- $4,093
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- ANDRE WRIGHT (EXECUTIVE DI)
- NANYA WALKEREL (BOARD PRESID)
- PRICILLA CULP (PAST PRESIDE)
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
Mission wright house inspires and empowers youth through creative expression, fashion, design, and entrepreneurship. We provide hands-on learning experiences that help young people develop leadership, teamwork, technical skills, and confidence while building meaningful connections with their community. Vision to create a thriving, diverse community where every young person has access to opportunities that unlock their creativity, discover their potential, and prepare them to become future leaders, innovators, and changemakers. Our focus youth development "building confidence, leadership, and communication skills "encouraging teamwork and collaboration "creating pathways to personal and professional growth fashion & design education "teaching fashion design, screen printing, digital design, and garment production "introducing students to industry-standard tools and technology "providing real-world creative experiences entrepreneurship & workforce readiness "developing business, marketin
What it reported doing in 2025
Organizational impact wright house leverages creativity, education, and entrepreneurship to create meaningful opportunities for youth and emerging creatives. Through innovative programming, strategic partnerships, and community-centered initiatives, the organization develops workforce-ready skills, cultivates leadership, and empowers participants to become confident contributors to their communities. During 2025, wright house served more than 100 youth and program participants, delivered over 100 educational sessions, and engaged community members through multiple events, workshops, and partnerships. By integrating arts, technology, and social impact, wright house continues to help build a stronger and more inclusive creative economy for the future. Youth development program funded by the johnson county juvenile justice grant, this program serves youth ages 1416 at tate high school through structured, two-hour sessions held twice weekly. Participants engage in mentorship, skill-building activities, and social-emotional learning experiences designed to strengthen leadership, resilience, decision-making, and personal accountability. During 2025, the program served 34 youth participants, provided 54 educational sessions, and hosted 5 program events, creating a supportive environment that fosters positive youth development and long- term success. Human rights through fashion initiative funded by the Iowa city human rights grant, this innovative program uses fashion as a platform for education, advocacy, and community engagement. Students explore the principles of human rights and translate their learning into wearable designs that communicate messages of equity, dignity, and inclusion. During 2025, the program served 12 participants, conducted 6 educational sessions, and hosted 2 community events. The resulting projects helped raise awareness, encourage dialogue, and promote civic participation through creative expression and design.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 42.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 46.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 59.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $179K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.