Artists First FY2020 filing
Empowers people with disabilities, veterans, youth, and elders through creative self-expression. For fiscal year 2020 it reported $171K in revenue, $187K in expenses, and $6K in net assets.Pt I
- Type
- Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Arts & Culture
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO
- Website
- www.artistsfirststl.org
- Filings
- 6 on file (2020–2020)
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Summary of the Filing
Where the work happens
Lifeworks
Supported EmploymentWith the support of the St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources ($60,702) provide comprehensive customized art programming to (11) professionally minded artists with developmental disabilities to obtain their greatest potential and growth in employmnet, social, emotional and physical domains.
Open Sudio
Provided services to 225 individuals including those with disabilities (physical, cognitive and mental health), veterans and specifically veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and/or substance abuse, elders with memory loss and their caregivers, disconnected youth, and those experiencing toxic stress.
Artists First for Vetarans
with the support of the Boeing Corporations ($25,000) offered programming to 20 plus veterans in transitional housing. The program had a 90% retention rate; 75% of participating veterans actively engaged in treatment as a result of having opportunities to creativity explore, process and heal mental/emotional wounds and 75% of…
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Governance & Policies
Officers, Directors & Key Employees
Sheila Suderwalla’s $72K as Executive Director is at the 66th 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.
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Financial Metrics
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 91% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 5% | — | — |
| Accounting fee ratio | 4% | — | — |
| Fundraising fee ratio | 0.08% | — | — |
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