Yolo County Arts Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942814155
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Woodland, CA, USA
Phone
5303096464
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Council/Agency

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$499,001
Expenses
$475,731
Assets
$330,660
Liabilities
$48,945

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSE ARENAS (Vice President)
  • TODD MONTGOMERY (President)

People named in this filing

  • JOSE ARENAS (Vice President)
  • SARA NOCETO (Secretary)
  • MIA RASSAM (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

YoloArts is dedicated to cultivating and enriching people's lives through the arts.

What it reported doing in 2024

As a Non-Profit Arts organization, we strive to inspire a flourishing arts and cultural network in Yolo County by serving the community, individual artists and arts organizations. Our work includes, but is not limited to: arts in education, the operation of two, free public art galleries; management of a cultural center; sustaining the Art & Ag Project; and providing art services such as public art consultation, fiscal sponsorship and artist directories.For the fiscal year 2024-25 YoloArts provided arts and arts engagement programs and services to the residents of Yolo County including:- Presenting 10 Gallery 625 and the Barn Gallery Exhibitions - Connecting 150 artists with 9 farmers through the Art & Ag Project- Engaging 9 teaching artists in schools working with 1,000+ students in Esparto and Woodland- Providing oversight on the installation of art in public places program, 1 student created artworks, 3 professional artist installations - Engaging homeless community by providing art engagement programming at 4th & Hope, an emergency shelter in Woodland and Recovery Cafe in West Sacramento- Offering fiscal sponsorship to 3 local arts projects- Managing the Gibson House and property, including art and historic exhibitions, gardens, offer field trips to K-12 school students and supporting community engagement through studio workshops and free artist talks We believe our work as a State-Local Partner and lead art agency continues to be one of the primary strategies for effectively supporting and strengthening Yolo County through the arts and creativity.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.1%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.1% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $350K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.