Brings mobile art therapy to communities for healing and equity.
For fiscal year 2023 it reported $301K in revenue, $230K in expenses, and $265K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2023
Total revenue
$301K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$230K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$265K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $71K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
58%
26%
16%
Program services $0.58 Management & general $0.26 Fundraising $0.16
Program efficiency
58%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
12.2mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+24%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2023 · Form 990
Revenue
$301K
FY2023▲ +48%
$301K$151K$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$230K
FY2023▲ +31%
$265K$132K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$273K
FY2023▲ +37%
$273K$136K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$7K
FY2023▲ +42%
$7K$4K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$301K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$230K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$265K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$71K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$273K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B58%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 35
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 45
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
2 program services account for $133K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01
Community partnership programs are fee-for-service art therapy sessions. Most of these are youth-centered and take place in schools or at community sites. Vulnerable adult populations are also served. Programs may be one-time or occur regularly over several weeks or months. 429 individuals participated in 179 art van therapy sessions.
$70Kprogram expense
02
Artvans largest program is providing year-round mobile art therapy for youth in seven low-income neighborhoods in four towns in maine. In 2023, 422 youth participated in 200 art van therapy sessions. Art therapy is provided by a professional art therapist and a therapeutic arts assistant.
Shannon Els’s $34K as Executive Dir.
is at the 29th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2213 $100K–1M arts & culture 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 · 3 named individuals · 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 Blair Bacon · Reported title CHAIR · Highest reported compensation $0 · Total expenses $230K
0%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $169K · Total expenses $230K
73%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
58%
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Overhead ratio
26%
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Fundraising cost ratio
16%
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Revenue growth
48%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
5%
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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) · FY2023IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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