Yuba Sutter Regional Arts Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942831238
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Marysville, CA, USA
Phone
5307422787
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$505,499
Expenses
$623,657
Assets
$4,196,419
Liabilities
$224,763

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN MILLER (President)
  • TOM GALVIN (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • SUSAN MILLER (President)
  • TOM GALVIN (Vice President)
  • NARINDER DHALIWAL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Yuba sutter arts provides arts programming and advocacy for the bi-county yuba-sutter area. Our mission is to enrich the quality of life of our residents through participation and effective arts development. We host exhibitions, workshops, musical programs, theater productions, literary events and lectures, along with a wide variety of community functions on behalf of the artists and arts organization we support. Off-site we run diverse outreach and education programs that penetrate deep into our underserved areas.

What it reported doing in 2024

Yuba sutter arts provided art advocacy for over 5,000 participants in the yuba-sutter area. We enriched the quality of life for our residents through participation and effective arts development. We hosted exhibitions, workshops, musical programs, theater productions, literary events and lectures, along with a variety of community functions on behalf of the artists and arts organizations we support.off -site we run diverse outreach and education programs that penetrate deep into our under-served areas. We also provide on-to-one support to individual artists. Programs, projects and events which have enriched the lives of thousands of people:-development of a master cultural plan for yuba and sutter counties-arts in education-yuba sutter youth choir-arts in corrections - jump starts grant (juvenile hall and camp singer)-applause! Youth theater program-murals of live oak-veterans art projects-"art everywhere" galleries (9)-cover it! Utility box mini murals-poetry out loud-very special arts festival-yuba county-world music series-veridian string quartet-organ concert series at first lutheran church-"music everywhere" program-scholastic writing awards-3rd sunday jazz jams-women's creative circle-"spoken word" open mic nights-harvest the arts- shakespeare readers' theater-singer/songwriter series-tri-county diversity film series - (in collaboration with sutter-yuba mental health)

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.73; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $554K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.