Offers performing arts programs to boost literacy, community, and cultural understanding.
For fiscal year 2021 it reported $520K in revenue, $508K in expenses, and $64K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2021
Total revenue
$520K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$508K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$64K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $12K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
52%
44%
Program services $0.52 Management & general $0.44 Fundraising $0.04
Program efficiency
52%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
2.2mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+2%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2021 · Form 990
Revenue
$520K
FY2021▲ +65%
$520K$260K$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$508K
FY2021▲ +92%
$508K$254K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$139K
FY2021▲ +16%
$144K$72K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$74K
FY2021▲ +12%
$74K$37K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$520K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$508K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$64K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$12K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$139K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B52%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 39
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 49
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $265K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
01
Books Alive for Kids!- Performing arts literacy program targeting pre-K through third grade students making books come alive through sight, sound and touch. The program's goal to engage, empower and educate, encourages students to read by experiencing hands-on crafts, music, theater performances on a myriad of topics and themes pertinent…
$166Kprogram expense
02
Summer Concert Series designed to build bridges, breakdown barriers bringing neighbors and neighborhoods together to celebrate our mosaic beauty throughout the region and world.
$69Kprogram expense
03
Community
Provided lead agency programming for Cincinnati Public Schools.
Kathy Wade-Jenkins’s $52K as CEO
is at the 41st percentile of top reported officer pay among 515 $100K–1M unclassified nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual Kathy Wade-Jenkins · Reported title CEO · Highest reported compensation $60K · Total expenses $508K
12%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $158K · Total expenses $508K
31%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
52%
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Overhead ratio
44%
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Fundraising cost ratio
4%
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Revenue growth
65%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
0%
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Fundraising fee ratio
0%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2021IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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